For equity investors, the growing Chinese economy has been the main draw, helping spur rallies throughout the region this year.
Frigid temperatures throughout the region this week have hinted ominously at the possibility of shivering fans and a snowy field at the outdoor stadium.
During our meeting, we talked about how the United States and ASEAN can work together as close partners, both within this region and throughout the world.
And finally, I stressed my strong support for ASEAN's ambitious goal of creating a community by 2015, including its bold effort to achieve economic integration, which will contribute to a sustained and lasting prosperity within this region and throughout the world.
And we have historically been an Asia Pacific power, and I wanted to make sure that all our friends and partners throughout the region understood that we see this as a central region for our growth and our prosperity, and it's not one that we can neglect.
Now, throughout this period of unrest and upheaval across the region the United States has maintained a set of core principles which guide our approach.
"But I think as a symbol, the feedback that we receive in our dialogue throughout the region is that the regional partners regard this step by the Chinese in the midst of what has otherwise been a remarkable growth in their military capability as significant, " he said.
But I am not shedding any tears and nor will a lot of people in this region and in many former mining communities throughout the country.
This is a project whose success or failure will send massive ripples throughout the Bahamas and maybe the region beyond, and one whose cooperation between governments local, Bahamian and Chinese and private enterprise may provide a model for such mega-developments going forward.
"If Congress fails to approve this agreement, it would not only abandon a brave ally--it would send a signal throughout the region that America cannot be counted on to support its friends, " Bush said.
It will call upon the private sector in the United States and throughout the region to contribute to the economic well-being and the economic competitiveness of the region by participating in this 100, 000 strong in the Americas.
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