Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

• Workshop on Meteorological and Hydrologic
  Cooperation Within APEC
• January 12, 2001
• Albuquerque, NM

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APEC Objectives

• Promote Free Trade and Investment
• Promote Economic and Technical Cooperation

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Achieved By

• Reducing Barriers
• Facilitating Open Regionalism
• Sustaining the Regions Growth and Development
• Encouraging Positive Gains from Economic
  Interdependence
• Enhancing the Role of the Private Sector

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U.S. Involvement in APEC

• The United States is actively engaged in APEC
  because the economic health of its members has
  become vitally important to our own economic
  well-being.
• Roughly two-thirds of U.S. trade is with APEC
  members
• The financial crisis underscored our
  interdependence.

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APECs Member Economies

• New Zealand
• Papua New Guinea
• Peru
• Philippines
• Russia
• Singapore
• Chinese Taipei
• Thailand
• United States
• Vietnam

• Australia
• Brunei Darussalam
• Canada
• Chile
• China
• Hong Kong, China
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Korea
• Malaysia
• Mexico

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APEC Organization Chart
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Why U.S. Department of Commerce?

• APEC is about cooperation for economic growth.
• APEC is not for governments. It is for business.
  Through APEC, we aim to open the way for
  businesses to do business.
• APEC stands on three legs liberalization,
  facilitation, and cooperation.

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U.S. Department of Commerce Chairs

• Marine Resource Conservation Fisheries (NOAA)
• Trade Promotion (ITA)
• Tourism (ITA)
• Committee on Trade and Investment (ITA Co-Chair
  with USTR)
• Industrial Science and Technology (TA)

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APEC Economic Technical Cooperation

• Developing Human Capital
• Fostering Safe and Efficient Capital Markets
• Strengthening Economic Infrastructure
• Harnessing Technologies for the Future
• Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Economic
  Growth
• Encouraging the Growth of SMEs

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Technology Administrations Involvement

• Served as Co-Chair of the U.S. Delegation to the
  Working Group on Investment and Technology
  Transfer from 1990-1992
• Became Chair in 1993 After Investment Issues
  Moved to Another Group

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Technology Administrations Involvement
(continued)

• Hosted 17th Meeting of the Industrial Science and
  Technology Working Group in August 1999
• NIST participated in the Committee on Trade and
  Investments Subcommittee on Standards
  Conformance

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Industrial Science and Technology Working Group
(ISTWG) Milestones

• 1994 Working Groups Emphasis Changes From
  North/South Technology Transfer to ST
  Cooperation
• 1996 First APEC ST Ministerial
• 1997 Leaders Charge the Group with the Primary
  Responsibility for Sustainable Development and
  the Environment

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Industrial Science and Technology Working Group
(ISTWG) Milestones

• 1998 Leaders Adopt the APEC Agenda for ST
  Industry Cooperation into the 21st Century
  Second APEC ST Ministerial APEC Year of
  Harnessing Technology for the Future
• 1999 Leaders Statements on E-Commerce and
  Emergency Preparedness Continued Endorsement of
  Cleaner Production and Environmental Health

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Industrial Science and Technology Working Group

• A dynamic and prosperous Asia-Pacific region
  built on the development and application of
  industrial science and technology which supports
  economic growth and improves the quality of life
  while safeguarding the environment and natural
  resources necessary for economic sustainability.

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ISTWGs focus areas

• Improved Availability of Information
• ASTWEB
• Virtual Center for Environmental Technology
  Exchange
• Public Understanding of ST
• APEC ST Indicators and Statistics

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ISTWGs focus areas

• Improved Human Resource Development
• APEC Youth Science Festival
• Gender and ST
• APEC Center for Technology Exchange and Training
  for SMEs
• APEC Coordinating Center for Good Clinical
  Practices

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ISTWGs focus areas

• Improved Business Climate
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Study of Laws and Regulations Governing Trade and
  Investment-Related Technology Transactions
• Discussions of Industrial Standards Systems
• Adoption of Principles for Collaboration

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ISTWGs focus areas

• Contribution to Sustainable Economic Development
• Cleaner Production Initiative
• Environmental Health/Emerging
• Infectious Diseases
• Disaster Mitigation/Emergency Preparedness

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ISTWGs focus areas

• Enhance Policy Dialogue and Review
• RD Leaders Forums
• Meetings of Ministers Responsible for Science and
  Technology
• Presentations on and Discussions of Members
  Technology Policies
• APEC Agenda for ST Industry Cooperation into the
  21st Century

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ISTWGs focus areas

• Facilitation of Networks and Partnerships
• APEC Network of ST Industrial Parks
• APEC Center for Technology Foresight
• APEC Center for Materials Evaluation and Testing
• Asia-Pacific Cleaner Production Roundtable

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Work Plan

• The Working Group undertakes approximately 60
  different activities with the following
  objectives
• Improved Availability of Information
• Improved Human Resource Development
• Improved Business Climate
• Contribution of Sustainable Economic Development
• Enhanced Policy Dialogue and Review

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19th ISTWG MeetingOctober 2000 Key Outcomes

• Endorsed new projects Materials properties
  testing technology foresight symposium
  advanced technologies for high production
  sustainable development symposium greening of
  the supply chain completion of Cleaner
  Production task force.
• Convene ST Policy Forum in September 2001
• APEC Technomart IV (Suzhou City, China, September
  2001
• U.S. raised interest in possible new areas for
  ISTWG collaboration critical infrastructure
  protection ST and global threat of invasive
  species

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Schedule of ISTWG Meetings

• April 2001 (tentative)
• 20th ISTWG Meeting, Vietnam
• September 2001 (tentative)
• 21st ISTWG Meeting, Malaysia

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Who are Members of the ISTWG?

• Generally, representatives of science and
  technology or industry/trade ministries
• Less often, representatives of foreign affairs
  ministry
• Other ministries represented in delegations

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Project Development Process

• Co-sponsorship (at least three economies)
• Instructions for new project proposal (ASTWEB)
• Project development strategies (ISTWG side
  meetings)

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APEC Related Websites

• APEC Secretariat (Singapore) http//www1.apecsec
  .org.sg/
• Information Regarding ISTWG (ASTWEB)
  http//www.apecst.org
• APEC Business Advisory Council
  http//www.abaconline.org/