2019 Indo Pacific Business Forum Showcases High Standard US Investment 
美国国务院发言人办公室华盛顿哥伦比亚特区（Washington, D.C.）2019年11月3日
简报
2019 印度–太平洋论坛展示美国的高标准投资
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11月4日，美国和印度-太平洋（Indo-Pacific）地区的1,000位工商和政府领导人出席在曼谷（Bangkok）举行的印度-太平洋工商论坛（Indo-Pacific Business Forum），要求重视高质量投资的价值、透明度、法治和民营部门主导的经济发展。
出席这次会议的近200名美国工商主管代表了全世界一些最具有创意、影响最大和最可信赖的公司。这些公司每年的营收合计达2.8万亿美元，为美国与印度-太平洋地区各国的双向贸易贡献了1.9万亿美元的产品和服务贸易，也使美国成为该地区最大的外国直接投资来源。来自印度-太平洋国家的其他600名工商主管出席了这次会议。
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出席印度-太平洋工商论坛的美国官员和工商主管介绍了已达成的一系列商业合同和新倡议，其中包括： 美国在印度-太平洋的新合同
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美国与伙伴方为促进印度-太平洋的自由开放进行新的努力
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For Immediate ReleaseFACT SHEET
November 3, 2019
2019 Indo-Pacific Business Forum Showcases High-Standard U.S. Investment
Over 1,000 business and government leaders from the United States and across the Indo-Pacific region gathered on November 4 in Bangkok for the Indo-Pacific Business Forum to promote the value of high-standard investment, transparency, rule of law, and private-sector-led economic development.
The nearly 200 U.S. business executives in attendance represented some of the world’s most innovative, influential, and trustworthy companies—with a collective annual revenue of over $2.8 trillion.  These companies contribute to an annual $1.9 trillion in two-way trade in goods and services between the United States and the countries in the Indo-Pacific region and help make the United States the largest source of foreign direct investment into the region.  Over 600 business executives from other Indo-Pacific countries participated in the Forum.
The Indo-Pacific Business Forum was headlined by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, U.S. State Department Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Keith Krach, Export Import Bank (EXIM) Chairman Kimberly Reed, U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Acting Director Thomas Hardy, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Executive Vice President David Bohigian, and U.S. Agency for International Development Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick. The Forum was co-hosted by the U.S. and Thai governments, along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, and the Thai Chamber of Commerce.
Secretary Ross led a business delegation of U.S. companies to the Indo-Pacific Business Forum to explore deals, with additional stops in Indonesia and Vietnam. Companies on the delegation include: AES Corporation, Baxter International, Bechtel, Bell Textron, Boeing, Capstone Turbine Company, Cheniere Energy, Citi, Honeywell International, LNG Limited/Magnolia LNG, Lockheed Martin, Qualcomm, Securiport, Sierra Nevada, Tellurian, Tesla, and Varian Medical Systems, as well as the American Council of Engineering Companies.
Under Secretary Krach led a panel discussion on “Fostering a Vibrant Digital Economy in the Indo-Pacific,” discussing how innovation and entrepreneurship in the digital economy will catalyze regional growth, with panel participants from HP, Inc. Underwriter Laboratories, and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI).
The U.S. officials and business executives at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum highlighted a range of commercial deals and new initiatives, including:
New U.S. Deals in Indo-Pacific
New U.S. and Partner Efforts to Advance a Free & Open Indo-Pacific
See The Department of State’s A Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Advancing a Shared Vision https://www.state.gov/a-free-and-open-indo-pacific-advancing-a-shared-vision/ & USAID’s Snapshot of U.S. Government Progress  https://www.usaid.gov/indo-pacific-vision/econ for more detail on U.S. commercial priorities in the Indo-Pacific.
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