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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
ENCOURAGING LOCAL COMPANIES AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2023 ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION EVENTS IN SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO.
WHEREAS, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional economic forum established in 1989 that aims to create greater prosperity for the people of the region by promoting balanced, inclusive, sustainable, innovative, and secure growth and by accelerating regional economic integration; and
WHEREAS, APEC is the only international intergovernmental grouping in the world committed to reducing barriers to trade and investment without requiring its members to enter into legally binding obligations, but endeavors to achieve its goals by promoting dialogue and arriving at decisions on a consensus basis, giving equal weight to the views of all members; and
WHEREAS, APEC's twenty-one member economies, comprised of Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; People's Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; The Philippines; The Russian Federation; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; United States of America; and Vietnam, represent over forty percent of the world's population and over fifty percent of the world's trade; and
WHEREAS, Seattle, Washington is the headquarters for the National Center for APEC, which includes the top fifty American Blue Chip corporations; and
WHEREAS, in August 2023, the National Center for APEC in Seattle will host the APEC Ministerial and United States Senior Official Meetings to showcase the United States' economic leadership in the Asia-Pacific region, with the theme of having cultural and language diversity and highlighting indigenous Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders throughout the communities of the Asia-Pacific region; and
WHEREAS, from November 12, 2023 to November 14, 2023, APEC Summit meetings will be held in San Francisco, California; and
WHEREAS, Hawaii is actively seeking to expand its international ties and has an abiding interest in developing friendship, goodwill, and economic and educational relations between the people of Hawaii and the people of Asia-Pacific regional economies; and
WHEREAS, the State would be able to expand these ties and further develop connections in the Asia-Pacific region by participating in the 2023 APEC Events; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2023, the House of Representatives concurring, that local companies and industry partners are encouraged to participate in the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation events in Seattle and San Francisco; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if sufficient interest is generated for participation in the 2023 APEC Events, the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism is requested to initiate plans to participate; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; APEC; Summit