[Virtual] 4th AAP 2022 Virtual Door Knock: ASEAN Summit and IPEF

Event Details

The AmChams of Asia Pacific in its fourth 2022 Virtual Door Knock Series will focus on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, Trade and ASEAN.

Ambassador Ashok Mirpuri, Singapore Ambassador to the US, will provide his view on the US-ASEAN Special Summit and the evolving engagement between the United States and the region, especially as it related to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF).

Dr. Deborah Elms, Founder and Executive Director, Asian Trade Centre, will provide her insights on how the IPEF will be incorporated into the existing regional trade architecture.

Ambassador (ret) Rufus Yerxa, former Deputy USTR, will provide the context of how the IPEF will compare to existing US trade agreements.

Any member of any AmCham in the Asia-Pacific region can register. Please do so through your individual chamber.

Please register by 12:00pm, May 30, 2022.

The event is for AmCham members only, pre-registration is required, and the discussion is off-the-record.
ZOOM Meeting link will be sent 24-48 hours prior to the event date
Please note this event is not run by AmCham Singapore.

Speakers

Amb. Ashok Mirpuri

Ambassador of Singapore to the United States

Deborah Elms

Founder and Executive Director of Asian Trade Centre

Amb. (Ret) Rufus Yerxa

Former Deputy USTR and Senior Advisor at McLarty Associates

Steven Okun

Chair, AmChams of Asia-Pacific and Senior Advisor at McLarty Associates

Shiumei Lin

Vice Chair at AAP Vice President, Public Affairs, UPS

Dr. Deborah Elms is the Founder and Executive Director of the Asia Trade Centre (ATC) and the President of the Asia Business Trade Association (ABTA).

Concurrently, she is a member of APCO's International Advisory Council, the G20 Trade and Investment Research Network, and the Advisory Board of the Trade and Investment Negotiation Adviser (TINA) at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP).

Dr. Elms has extensive experience working with governments, international organizations, and businesses and is one of the leading experts on trade policy in the region. She was also active in her past leadership posts in international trade groups having served on the Trade and Investment Council of the World Economic Forum (WEF) from 2017 to 2019, the International Technical Advisory Committee of the Global Trade Professionals Alliance (GTPA), as well as being the chair of its Working Group on Trade Policy and Law.

Prior to her current role, Dr. Elms was head of the Temasek Foundation Centre for Trade and Negotiations and Senior Fellow of International Political Economy at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Dr. Elms received a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Washington, an MA in international relations from the University of Southern California, and bachelor's degrees from Boston University. Dr. Elms frequently appears in the media to provide expert analysis on trade issues in the region and publishes the Talking Trade Blog.

The Founder and CEO of APAC Advisors, Mr. Okun is widely considered a leader on corporate public affairs, sustainability and stakeholder engagement in the Asia Pacific region. He is also the ASEAN representative for the Emerging Market Private Equity Association (EMPEA).

Living and working in Singapore since 2003, Mr. Okun created and led Asia Pacific public affairs for both global investment firm KKR and global logistics firm UPS, as well as being a leader of multiple business chambers and industry associations, including having been elected three times each as Chairman of both the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and the Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC). He remains on the boards of both.

As KKR’s first Director of Asia Pacific Public Affairs, Mr. Okun’s responsibilities encompassed government affairs, communications, stakeholder engagement and environmental and social responsibility issues for KKR, as well as in supporting those efforts for its portfolio companies across the region.

In particular, his responsibilities included working on Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) initiatives. Also, he created and led KKR’s impact investing pro bono program, a model for strategic philanthropic engagement for which KKR was awarded the Gold Standard Award for Corporate Citizenship by PublicAffairsAsia.

Mr. Okun led UPS Asia’s public affairs matters on aviation, competition and trade from 2003 until 2010, and before that worked in UPS’ Washington, DC office. He was instrumental in UPS Airlines obtaining it first-ever authority to operate in China in 2001.

Mr. Okun served in the Administration of President Bill Clinton as Deputy General Counsel at the US Department of Transportation, being at the Department from 1994 to 1999. For his public service, he was awarded the Secretary’s Award for Special Service Commendation.

He represents and advocates the views of the US business community in Asia, including as a periodic guest host on CNBC. A sought after expert on public affairs, he speaks frequently in the media, at universities, businesses and conferences across the region, as well as is the author of numerous articles.

Mr. Okun received his BA from the University of Virginia and his JD from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Shiumei Lin is Vice President for Public Affairs responsible for representing UPS’s policy and regulatory interests and driving public-private sector collaboration in the Asia Pacific Region.
She is currently President of the Conference of the Asia Pacific Express Carriers (CAPEC), and serves on Boards of Green Freight Asia and the U.S. National Center for APEC (NCAPEC). She
is also chair of the US-ASEAN Business Council’s Customs & Trade Facilitation Committee, and leads UPS’s initiatives to promote Women in trade and e-Commerce, and small business
competitiveness.

UPS serves more than 220 countries and territories throughout the world, carrying 20.7 million packages on a daily basis in its network. In the Asia Pacific Region, UPS serves 19 airports operating 183 and 142 intra-Asia and international flights respectively on a weekly basis.

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