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Vol.12, March 2007 |
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Perth, Australia, February 14, 2007
APEC Mining Ministers meeting in Perth this week have agreed to work on breaking down the barriers to greater trade and investment in the minerals and metals sector. Ministers also agreed that cooperation and consultation will overcome significant challenges confronting resources security throughout APEC economies.
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Sydney, Australia, January 29, 2007
Australia's Attorney General, Philip Ruddock, opened the Trading Ideas Symposium in front of approximately 500 IP professionals, business leaders and policy makers. Attorney General Ruddock discussed the importance of intellectual property, the emerging global IP environment and the IP challenges facing APEC.
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Canberra, Australia, January 23, 2007
The Chair of APEC's Economic Committee, Professor Robert Buckle, and the Chair of APEC's Committee on Trade and Investment, Mr. Chris De Cure, provided comments on current issues before their committees during the Senior Official Meeting held in January.
Prof. Robert Buckle, Chair of the Economic Committee, on APEC's 'behind-the-border' economic reform agenda (MP3, 2MB).
Mr Chris De Cure, Chair of the Committee on Trade and Investment, on APEC trade and investment issues (MP3, 2.5MB). |
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Canberra, Australia, January 22, 2007
The Attorney-General Philip Ruddock today welcomed delegates attending the APEC Data Privacy Seminar on the International Implementation of the APEC Privacy Framework. The Seminar allows participants to discuss issues raised by the transfer of personal information in the APEC region. It will focus on the use of Cross-Border Privacy Rules by business to provide certainty to their customers on how their personal information will be protected.
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Canberra, January 21, 2007
The new chair of APEC's Counter-Terrorism Task Force, Ambassador Park Sang-ki, has announced that he will be seeking to implement highly targeted and tailor-made counter-terrorism capacity-building initiatives for the region. Other measures include strengthening cooperation between the CTTF and other APEC working groups as well as international or regional organizations such as the UN, G-8, and others and increasing cooperation with the private sector.
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