| November 1 | All Saints' Day Holiday (Philippines) | ||
| November 2 | USA | Election Day US Election Event | |
| November 2 | Washington, DC | Briefing by Ms. Barbara Weisel, Acting Assistant USTR Southeast Asia and Pacific Ms. Barbara Weisel has agreed to brief the US-Thailand FTA Business Coalition on the second round of negotiations, which concluded during the second week of October. | Jenny Phan US-ASEAN Business Council Washington, DC Tel: 202.416.6720 Fax: 202.289.0519 coalition@usthaifta.org |
| November 3 | Washington, DC | Briefing by the Royal Thai Embassy Ambassador Kasit and representatives from the Royal Thai Embassy have agreed to brief members of the US-Thailand FTA Business Coalition on the latest round of negotiations for the US-Thai FTA. Mr. Chirachai Punkrasin and Mr. Songsak Saicheua participated in the negotiations in Hawaii, which took place during the second week of October. | Jenny Phan US-ASEAN Business Council Washington, DC Tel: 202.416.6720 Fax: 202.208.0519 coalition@usthaifta.org |
| November 1-3 | Singapore | US-Singapore Business Mission The US-Singapore Business Council will lead a high level business mission to Singapore following the smooth transition to Singapore's new Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The mission will promote business opportunities brought about as a result of the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement and otherwise promote the specific needs/interests of U.S. businesses. | John Phipps US-ASEAN Business Council Tel: 202.416.6711 Fax: 202.289.0519 jphipps@usasean.org |
| November 5 | Singapore | Autumn Meeting of the Food & Agriculture Committee The Council's Food & Agriculture Committee will be gathering in Singapore for its final Committee meeting in 2004. The meeting is being held after last month's dialogue between the Food & Agriculture Committee and the ASEAN Senior Officials of Agriculture. At that meeting, the Committee's food safety dialogue initiative received a positive response from the Senior Officials. The November 5 Committee Meeting will strategize the planning for that initiative and set the Committee's priority issues and goals for action in 2005. | Chris Fedderson US-ASEAN Business Council Tel: 202.416.6719 Fax: 202.289.0519 cfedderson@usasean.org |
| November 8 | Washington, DC | Briefing by Ms. Ros Harvey, Chief Technical Advisor - International Labour Organization She has agreed to brief members of Council on, "Improving Labor Conditions in a Pro-Trade Environment," drawing from her experiences in Cambodia with the Garment Sector Working Condition Improvement Project. | Jenny Phan US-ASEAN Business Council Washington, DC Tel: 202.416.6720 Fax: 202.289.0519 jphan@usasean.org |
| November 9 | Independence Day of the Kingdom of Cambodia Holiday (Cambodia) | ||
| November 11 | Deepavali Holiday (Singapore, Malaysia) | ||
| November 11 | Veterans Day Holiday (US) | ||
| November 11-12 | Manila | Information Communications Technology Architecture for Governance This is a dialogue/forum that brings ASEAN officials together with strategic planners from business to discuss the application of emerging technologies for government. The goal of the dialogue is to answer how the adoption of technology may benefit core issues of government ranging from economic and legal infrastructure modernization to the delivery of government services internally and externally. The forum is being organized in cooperation with the Philippines' Commission for Information Communications Technology. | Jenny Phan US-ASEAN Business Council Tel: 202.416.6720 Fax: 202.289.0519 jphan@usasean.org |
| November 11 | Washington, DC | Roundtable Dialogue with Hadi Soesastro, Executive Director Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS-Jakarta) Please join us for a discussion with one of Indonesia's preeminent political-economic scholars. He has built an international reputation for his work and heads Indonesia's most prestigious international think tank. | John Phipps US-ASEAN Business Counncil Washington, DC Tel: 202.416.6711 Fax: 202.289.0519 jphipps@usasean.org |
| November 14-17 | Hawaii | 2004 Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit & Exposition Building on the success of its 2003 program, the State of Hawaii, in partnership with the US-ASEAN Business Council, is holding its second annual Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit, November 14-17. Confirmed speakers currently include keynotes from Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, Commander, US Pacific Command Admrial Thomas Fargo and renowned terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna. Also featured will be ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong and a delegation of ASEAN Ambassadors to the United States. Immediately following the summit on November 17, the Council will present to all interested businesses -- beyond only the defense and security sector -- its perspective on market opportunities in ASEAN | Marc Mealy US-ASEAN Business Council Tel: 202.416.6707 Fax: 202.289.0519 mmealy@usasean.org |
| November 14 | Hari Raya Idul Fitri/Puasa Holiday (Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia) | ||
| November 19-21 | Santiago, Chile | APEC - Santiago, Chile | Martin Hutagalung US-ASEAN Business Council Tel: 202.416.6710 Fax: 202.289.0519 mhutagalung@usasean.org |
| November 24 | US-Vietnam Trade Council to Work Towards Joining the US-ASEAN Business Council USVTC President Virginia Foote to take on role of Executive Vice President for the US-ASEAN Business Council. Click here for the Press Release | Dung.Ngo@usvtc.org | |
| November 25 | Thanksgiving Day Holiday (USA) | ||
| November 26-28 | Vientiane, Laos | 2nd ASEAN Business & Investment Summit The US-ASEAN Business Council is organizing a delegation of senior executives to attend the Summit. The Summit brings together top business leaders from ASEAN, China, Japan, South Korea, India, United States, Australia, New Zealand and EU to discuss business integration and explore opportunities in trade and investment. | Martin Hutagalung US-ASEAN Business Council Tel: 202.416.6710 Fax: 202.289.0519 mhutagalung@usasean.org |
| November 26 | Vietnam & Singapore conclude WTO bilateral negotiations | usvtc.org | |
| November 29 | Singapore | Luncheon Dialogue with The Honorable Randy Quarles, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, US Department of the Treasury Mr. Quarles is visiting the Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia on this trip to the region. During his brief stay in Singapore, he would like him to meet with pan-Asian specialists at the major investment banks to exchange views on emerging economic trends in Asia. While in Singapore, Assistant Secretary Quarles also will be meeting with officials at the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Ministry of Finance. | Budi Santoso US-ASEAN Business Council Singapore Tel: 65.6339.8885 Fax: 65.6339.1982 budi@usasean.org |
| November 30 | Bonifacio Day Holiday (Philippines) | ||
| November | Water Festival Holiday (Cambodia). This is a 3 day-festival | ||
| November 30 | Department of Commerce Shrimp Final Determination Click here for results of the Department of Commerce final determination issued November 30, 2004 in the investigation of shrimp imports from Vietnam and China | usvtc.org |