Asst USTR Concludes 2nd Asia-Pacific Meeting on Trade in Legally Harvested Trees
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Linscott has concluded the second meeting of the Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue to promote trade in legally harvested forest products. Countries participating in the July 2010 dialogue in Seattle included Australia, Cambodia, China, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Papua…
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New Guinea, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand and Vietnam. Linscott stated that “this second meeting of the Regional Dialogue continued the constructive discussions that we started last year in Jakarta. We exchanged information, described our respective efforts and explored collaborative, regional approaches to address the challenges associated with promoting legal trade and combating illegal trade.” (The first meeting of the broader Regional Dialogue took place in Jakarta, Indonesia in September 2009 and included nine Asia-Pacific countries that share concerns with illegal logging and associated international trade. Based on the success of that meeting, the United States and Indonesia agreed to move forward with a larger group of countries in the region.)