(HBO) - The ASEAN Committee in Mexico, comprising Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, joined hands with authorities of Mexico’s Yucatan state to arrange a business forum in Merida city on November 15th.
Representatives of the ASEAN
Committee in Mexico attend the business forum.
Speaking at the event, which drew the participation of nearly
100 businesses, Yucatan state’s Secretary of Economic Development and Labour
Ernesto Herrera Novelo said the forum is useful to promote trade between
Yucatan and members of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
by providing information on the ASEAN market.
Chair of the ASEAN Committee in Mexico - Indonesian Ambassador
Cheppy Tri Prakoso Wartono underlined potential cooperation between Yucatan
state and Mexico in general with ASEAN nations in the fields of agriculture,
manufacturing industry, information technology, investment, education and
tourism.
Meanwhile, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Hoai Duong described
Mexico as a key market of ASEAN in Latin America. He added that with the
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
which Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam and Mexico are members of, ASEAN
and Mexico’s trade will surge in the coming time.
Mexico is currently Vietnam’s third largest trade partner in
Latin America, while Vietnam is the eighth biggest Asian market of Mexico.
Two-way trade revenue reached more than 3.73 billion USD in the first eight
months of 2019.
At the event, officials and firms of Mexico’s Yucatan state
discussed cooperation opportunities with ASEAN members to seek trade partners.
Earlier, Governor of Yucatan state Mauricio Vila Dosal hosted a
reception for a delegation of the ASEAN Committee in Mexico, during which he
highly valued potential for multifaceted cooperation with ASEAN, particularly
in economy, trade and investment./.
Source: VNA
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