The Nation
The 2nd ASEAN-EU Business Summit will be held in Phnom Penh on April 1, to bring together entrepreneurs, private investors and public policy-makers from both the EU and ASEAN to address key issues related to ASEAN-EU trade relations, while identifying new business and investment opportunities on both sides.
Organised by the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce, the EU Delegation to Cambodia, Eurocham Cambodia and the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce, the summit will convene over 300 business leaders from ASEAN and Europe. ASEAN Secretary General Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, the EU Commissioner for Trade, Karel de Gucht, and Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce and Chairman of ASEAN Economic Ministers, Cham Prasidh, are hosting the event and will actively participate in the Summit, together with all other ASEAN Trade and Economic Ministers. Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen will welcome participants and officially open the event.
"I expect this year’s ASEAN-EU Business Summit to contribute significantly to the promotion of trade and investment flows between the two regions by exploring ways to reduce barriers and minimise constraints in trade and investment between the ASEAN countries and the EU common market." stated Ambassador Jean-François Cautain, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Cambodia.
