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CANCPEC: Ambassador Don Campbell Appointed to the Order of Canada

Friday, July 25, 2025 Member Updates
On June 30, 2025, former CANCPEC Chair Donald. W Campbell was appointed to the Order of Canada, one of Canada’s highest honours which recognizes people across all sectors of society who have made extraordinary and sustained contributions to the country. Ambassador Campbell is a highly respected advisor in the private and public sectors and currently serves as Senior Strategy Advisor at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada. His stellar diplomatic career includes service as deputy minister of both Foreign Affairs and International Trade, G8 summit sherpa, and senior negotiator with the United States. As a former ambassador to Korea and Japan, he continues to play a central role in Canada-Asia relations as a distinguished fellow to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. The PECC Community would...

Dr. Karen Pitakdumrongkit speaks at Digital Trade Interface Session During UNESCAP Paperless Trade Week 2025

Monday, June 16, 2025 Issues
On June 10, 2025, Dr. Kaewkamol (Karen) Pitakdumrongkit, Interim Secretary General of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC), participated as a speaker in the hybrid session titled “Digital...

Strengthening Academic and Regional Ties

Wednesday, June 04, 2025 Member Updates
On Monday, 2 June 2025, we hosted a distinguished delegation from Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City: 🔹 Dr. Santiago García Álvarez, President 🔹 Dr. Héctor Xavier Ramírez Pérez, Vice-Dean 🔹 Mr....

CANCPEC: Amb. Jonathan T. Fried appointed as the new CANCPEC Chair

Friday, May 30, 2025 Member Updates
The Canadian National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (CANCPEC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Amb. Jonathan T. Fried to succeed Amb. Donald W. Campbell as Chair of CANCPEC,...

Pacific Currents

Trump Reciprocal Tariffs and Mitigating Global Recession: Role of ASEAN for the Soft-landing Option
Shandre Mugan Thangavelu, Christopher Findlay

Global value chains: From fruitful discussions to meaningful actions
Juan Navarro, Associate Faculty, Royal Roads University

Climate change in SOTR
Christopher Findlay, Tilak Doshi and Eduardo Pedrosa

Digital Technologies, Services and the Fourth Industrial Revolutions
Submitted by Jane Drake-Brockman, Christopher Findlay, Yose Rizal Damuri and Sherry Stephenson 

COVID-19 has Exposed Major Gaps in our Social Safety Nets: In a Post-COVID World Will these Gaps be Closed?
Hugh Stephens
Vice Chair, CANCPEC; Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada; Executive Fellow, School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary

 

 

Member Updates

CNCPEC: PECC Co-Chair and CNCPEC Chair Amb. Zhan Yongxin attended the 2024 Global Ocean Development Forum

On October 24th, the 2024 Global Ocean Development Forum was held in Qingdao, China. Amb. Zhan Yongxin, Co-Chair of PECC and Chair of CNCPEC attended "East Asia Maritime Cooperation Platform Qingdao Dialogue" of the forum and delivered a speech. Amb. Zhan was also interviewed by Shandong People's...

AusPECC: Mr Arjuna Nadaraja appointed as the new AusPECC chair

Mr Arjuna Nadaraja succeeds Mr Christopher Langman as the Chair of the Australian PECC committee (AUSPECC). Mr Arjuna recently retired after an extensive career as an Australian trade official with deep experience on regional economic issues, including services trade negotiations, services...

In Memoriam: Dr Mark Borthwick

Dr Mark Borthwick, former Executive Director of the US PECC committee passed away on 14 July 2024. He was one of the founders and stalwarts of PECC. Through the years Mark led projects on Direct Investment and Technology (1983) and Foreign Investment (1985). On the fifteenth anniversary of PECC,...

VNCPEC: Dr Nguyen Hung Son appointed as the new VNCPEC chair

Dr. Nguyen Hung Son succeeds Dr. Vo Tri Thanh as the Chair of the Viet Nam National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (VNCPEC). Dr. Nguyen is also the Vice President of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam in charge of research. He oversees the two research institutes of the academy, i.e....

CNCPEC: Amb. Zhan Yongxin attended the 2023 China (Tianjin) International Fair for Investment and Trade & PECC Expo

On November 22nd to 23rd, Amb. Zhan Yongxin, Chair, China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation, attended the China·Tianjin Forum for Business Cooperation and Development, and the opening ceremony of the 2023 China (Tianjin) International Trade and Investment Fair, and PECC Expo....

KOPEC: DR. Siwook Lee appointed as the new KOPEC Chair

Dr. Siwook Lee succeeds Dr. Heungchong Kim as the Chair of the Korea National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (KOPEC). Dr. Lee is also the President of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) and professor at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management (on...

Issues

Dr. Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit speaks at ISEAS...

Tuesday, April 08, 2025

PECC Appoints Dr Kaewkamol (Karen)...

Monday, January 27, 2025

PECC Seminar on Responsible Adoption of...

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

PECC 30th General Meeting: Achieving a...

Thursday, August 31, 2023

FTAAP Pathways to Prosperity

Sunday, July 23, 2023

29th PECC General Meeting Concludes

Monday, November 21, 2022

PECC Statement to APEC Finance Ministers

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

28th PECC General Meeting Concludes

Wednesday, August 04, 2021

Publications

Export Facilitation More Effective Than...

Asia Pacific Economic Profiles 2024: Asia...

ClimateTech in Focus: Innovations for a greener...

State of the Region 2024-2025

State of the Region 2023-2024 (Supplement)

State of the Region 2023 - 2024

State of the Region 2022-2023

State of the Region 2021 - 2022

State of the Region 2020 - 2021

Asia-Pacific growth unlikely to recover without...

PECC XI Concurrent Session - A Seamless Asia Pacific Information Infrastructure

The Eleventh PECC General Meeting
Concurrent Session

A Seamless Asia-Pacific Information Infrastructure:
Key to Realizing the Bogor Declaration Goals

September 28, 1995
Beijing, China

 

Thursday, September 28

0900 Welcoming Speech by the Concurrent Session

Co-Chairs
  • Mr. Liu Cai, Director General, Policy and Regulation, China PT Ministry
  • Professor Kenji Saga, Vice President for International Affairs, Asia University, Japan
0915 Report on PECC Telecommunication Project
  • Ms. Janet Pearce, Deputy Executive Director, USNCPEC
0945 Session I: Telecommunication in the Asia-Pacific Region: Agenda for Action

Moderator:
  • Dr. Yoo Soo Hong, Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), Korea
Speakers:
  • Dr. Christian Sarrazin, Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Teleglobe Canada Inc, Canada
  • Dr. Chae-Ha Pak, President, Kumho Telecom, Korea
1030 Coffee break
1045 Session II: Deregulating and Improving Market Access

Moderator:
  • Mr. Radzi Mansor, Director, Marketing and Customer Service, Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia
Presenter:
  • Mr. Anthony Wang, Senior Assistant Director, Regulatory Affairs Branch, Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Hong Kong
Panellists:
  • Mr. Andrew Jordan, Vice President for Asia-Pacific, PanAmSat, USA
  • Mr. Jorge Kunigami, President, Supervisory Commission for Private Investment in Telecommunications, China
1200 Luncheon Speaker:
  • HE Zhou Deqiang, Vice Minister, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, China
 
1400 Session III: Supporting Growth in Asia-Pacific Telecommunication

Moderator:
  • Mr. Pelagio Baitung, Jr., Undersecretary for Communications, Department of Transport and Communications, Philippines
Co-Presenters:
  • Mr. Gregg Christofeel, President, Brooks Telecommunications, Philippines
  • Mr. Zhicaho Xie, General Manager, Guangzhou HuaMei Communications Limited, China
Panellists:
  • Mr. Yu-Huei Jea, Director General, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Chinese Taipei
  • Prof Kenji Saga, Vice President for International Affairs, Asia University, Japan
  • Dr. Jai-June Kim, Senior Research Fellow, KISD, Korea.
1515 Coffee break
1530 Session IV: Future Vision

Moderator:
  • Mr. Anthony Wang, Senior Assistant Director, Regulatory Affairs Branch, Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Hong Kong
Presenter:
  • Mr. Osamu Ando, Managing Director, KDD, Japan
Panellists:
  • Mr. Ardhin Ichwan, General Manager, Indosat, Indonesia
  • Mr. Hao Weimin, Deputy Director General, Telecom Administration, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, China
  • Dr. Jiho Kim, General Manager, Strategic Planning and Coordination Office, Korea Mobile Telecom, Korea
  • Mr. K. T. Goh, Manager, Institute of Systems Science, Singapore
1645 Concluding Remarks by the Co-Chairs
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