The New Zealand PECC Committee played host to a roundtable discussion on regional economic integration and architecture on 25 March 2010. The event was organized in partnership with the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, NZ Asia Institute, University of Auckland, and Auckland University of Technology.

Speakers included Amb. Muhamad Noor, the Executive Director of APEC Secretariat, Dr. Fred Bergsten, Director of the Peterson Institute of International Economics, and Amb. Ong Keng Yong, Director of Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore) and other eminent individuals addressed the audience. For the full program, please click here.

Topics discussed were: 

• East Asian Integration: EAFTA (ASEAN Plus Three) or CEPEA (ASEAN Plus Six)? 
• The TPP (expanded Trans Pacific Partnership) and implications for future regional trade architecture
• APEC’s Future Role in the Region

 The conference was preceded by a roundtable luncheon hosted by NZPECC. The summary of the luncheon is available here. 

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