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ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS MEET EUROPEAN TRADE COMMISSIONER. ASEAN’s top trade officials met European Union’s Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom (6th from L) to convene the 15th ASEAN Economic Ministers-EU Trade Commissioner Consultations today (10 March) in Pasay City. The Philippine-hosted meeting is led by the Department of Trade and Industry, through Secretary Ramon Lopez, who served as chair for the ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting Retreat and Related Meetings. Both sides exchanged views on global and regional economic development, as well as discussed the ASEAN-EU Trade and Investment Work Programme 2017-2018. In the photo are (from L to R) Lao PDR: Director-General Laohoua Cheuching; Malaysia: Minister Dato Sri Mustapa Mohamed; Myanmar: Minister Maung Maung Win; Thailand: Minister Apirandi Tantraporn; Viet Nam: Minister Tran Tuan Anh; EU: Comm. Malstrom; PH: Sec. Lopez; PH: Philippine-lead Undersecretary Ceferino Rodolfo; Singapore: Lim Hang Kiang; Brunei Darussalam: Permanent Secretary Jock Hoi Lim; Cambodia: Minister Pan Sorasak; Indonesia: Minister Enggartiasto Lukita; and ASEAN Secretariat: Secretary-General Le Luong Minh.

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