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PERUPEC: Minister Víctor Muñoz Tuesta appointed as the new PERUPEC Chair

Minister Víctor Muñoz Tuesta succeeds Ambassador Renato Reyes as the Chair of Peruvian National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (PERUPEC), effective 15 November 2025. Minister Muñoz is a career diplomat and lawyer from the University of San Martín de Porres, holding a Master’s degree in Diplomacy and International Relations. He has extensive experience within Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in overseas postings, and has represented Peru in major international negotiations on sustainable development, climate change, and disaster risk reduction. He also advised the Peruvian presidency during the APEC 2016 process and most recently served as Peru’s Alternate Senior Official to APEC (July 2023–November 2025). As of 15 November 2025, he is the Head of the Directorate for...

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

CANCPEC: Ambassador Don Campbell Appointed to the Order of Canada

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...

Strengthening Academic and Regional Ties

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. Gerson Garudno, CEO, Singapore-Mexico Chamber of Commerce The delegation visited the PECC...

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

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, effective June 1, 2025. Amb. Campbell has served as Chair of CANCPEC since 2011 and was concurrently...

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,...

Issues

Youth Voices Shape PECC’s Future

The 32nd PECC General Meeting Concludes

2025 PECC Yeouido Declaration

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