Asia Program of Work 2013–2014

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Letter to Asia Sponsors ...... 2 Team Contacts ...... 4 Our Accomplishments in 2013 ...... 5 Plans for 2014 ...... 10 Sponsors ...... 15 Year in Photos ...... 16

www.uschamber.com/asia |Page 1 Dear Asia Sponsors:

n behalf of the Chamber’s Asia Team, thank you all for Oyour great support in 2013. It was a year of significant accomplishments, in which each of you played a critical role.

With your support, we were able to provide our members with the following:

• Unparalleled access to top government leaders across the region.

• State-of-the art education and advocacy efforts through high-level commercial missions, innovative programs, and policy initiatives.

• Cutting-edge policy papers, publications, and research reports submitted to U.S. and foreign governments and other stakeholders that support our intellectual arguments.

Combined, these efforts make the Chamber’s Asia Program one of the most effective forces for producing positive outcomes for our members across this critical region.

We are committed fully to building on our successes in 2014. There are many challenges in the region for U.S. businesses, and much more work needs to be done. As always, we will continue to strive to work on your behalf.

Although it is disappointing that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement did not close in 2013, our insistence on ensuring that a final agreement attain the highest possible standards in intellectual property (IP) investment, State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) disciplines, cross-border data, and other rules areas, as well as comprehensive market access for all members, will ultimately make it a better agreement. We will continue to play a significant leadership role, working domestically and in the region to secure optimal outcomes for our members as the negotiations reach the end game. After the negotiations conclude, we will work hard at what we do better than anyone: grassroots trade education and advocacy in Washington and across the United States to push a high-standard, comprehensive TPP agreement across the finish line in Congress.

We also need to see more progress with China. We will continue to promote significant opportunities in the Chinese market, but press for implementation of commitments and market-based reforms that reduce the scope of Chinese industrial policies and increase space—whether through trade or investment—for our members to benefit from China’s continued economic development.

We will play a significant role in China’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) year, promoting a policy agenda that not only aligns with China’s priorities, but also drives the priorities of our members in critical areas including investment, innovation and intellectual

Page 2 | Program of Work 2013–2014 property, infrastructure, health care, energy, and regional economic integration. Our strong relationships with the China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and with government and nongovernment stakeholders put us in a prime position to be a powerful supporter and advocate on behalf of our members in China’s APEC year.

Similarly, we will press for more progress in Japan and Korea through our U.S.-Japan and U.S.-Korea Business Councils in 2014. We will continue to press for Japan to commit to meaningful market access as part of its entry into the TPP, along with high standards on the rules. We will continue to support greater U.S.-Japan energy cooperation, including exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan and the creation of a high-level U.S.-Japan Strategic Energy Dialogue.

We will press the Korean government vigorously to i