By now everyone knows the names of the leaders of the 21 economies who will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting on November 18-19.
which is as stated earlier that
US President
Joe Biden
and Russian Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin
did not join the trip to Thailand, only the leader of the
"dragon"
like
"Xi Jinping",
President of the People's Republic of China, traveled only.. .
Today, the Thairath Online news team has invited
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Piti Srisaengnam, Director of the Center for International Economic Affairs.
Faculty of Economics
Chulalongkorn University
Let's analyze the role of China.
and superpowers at the APEC meeting
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Piti views that China has clearly supported the idea of
"Multilateralism"
supports free trade and free investment, which China has previously proposed because of trade war and economic war.
Another "high agenda" for China is the issue of climate change.
And the third issue is the development of digital technology.
and innovation
“I believe these are the three main issues China should talk about a lot. At this APEC meeting, because of other issues Regarding the economy, China has said it all. especially at the G20 meeting.”
back to Thailand
tried to focus on Bangkok
Especially in the BCG economy, supporting the business sector with environmental and sustainable considerations is in line with the requirements.
Just like another issue is
Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area (FTAAP) China has been talking about this for a long time, even since 2014, because it has been wanted for a long time...
the confrontation of
Leaders of superpowers who sent representatives from the US, Russia and Xi Jinping, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Piti believes that there should be nothing ... because China insists that it is "not involved" in the case of the Russian-Ukrainian war, while the United States had to deal with matters where the country itself stepped in and participated by itself
At the recent G20 meeting, Xi Jinping and Joe Biden have already made their stance clear.
that he does not want to see the use of "nuclear" in this area, which is a new issue in the case of "Russian" is that Russian missiles are found in "Poland", which is here
Will have to wait and see if the "leader" APEC will bring this issue to talk or not.
“I am 100% confident that the APEC meeting Political and controversial issues must be discussed. because it has always been like this almost every meeting In the economic arena, politics are often entangled together until they become inseparable. which is believed that if brought to talk There may be some leaders "walking out" and later there may be a collective statement in the group that walks out, or there may be an opt-in expression. Or do not attend meetings with some countries, especially economic areas that must be kept an eye on, such as China, Russia, Taiwan, Hong Kong. may stick together or don't want to join"
When asked if this meeting
How stressful will it be?
Faculty of Economics
Chulalongkorn University said that there would be some level of tension.
But...not very likely
Because the stressful things have passed through the East Asia Summit (EAS) forum, so this trip, there should still be hope that we will talk about constructive things.
Benefiting 21 economies and over 3 billion people.
Thailand as host
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Piti said that we set an example that is to open up space for negotiations.
by trying to maintain spirit
by trying to talk about the economy
overlooking politics
Because in other forums, he expressed clearly, such as the G20 meeting, when there was a political issue.
It makes the main point to be discussed earlier down.
“We've talked enough about politics...we should talk about the economy.
especially on the food security program
or building a digital infrastructure, if any country does not come in this way
and then bring politics into the discussion
It would be a reflection that the leaders of that nation.
more concerned with politics than the well-being of the people
and economic problems
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Piti Srisaengnam
This is Asia-Pacific...not related to the issue of
Ukraine-Russia already, while G20 is involved
Because it's about Europe, which at the G20, President Xi Jinping and Biden have been talking for 3 hours, so this trip APEC Mr. Biden has not arrived.
I want to talk about uplifting things...
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Piti concluded that
from China's point of view, "Thailand" is an important "jigsaw" because the Chinese economy depends on APEC quite a bit. international trade) China and other countries
in Asia and Europe
It has started to be upgraded to the world level.
There is a strategic area here.
And Thailand is an important player, while Thailand should show that
We are ready to seek mutual benefits.
by respecting common principles
receive mutual benefits
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