Traduction de «Conseil économique du bassin du Pacifique » (Français → Anglais) :

21. Notes that, given the increasing global and regional relevance of China, India and other emerging countries in Asia, both the United States of America and the EU may progressively shift their primary attention, political investment and resources to the Pacific and perceive the North Atlantic dimension and mutual cooperation as less strategic; further notes that Asia should play a more important role on the foreign agenda of the European Union and EU Member States; calls for more coordination of the US and EU policies towards China, India and other emerging countries in Asia in order to avoid a decoupling of such policies; strongly ...[+++] believes that by coordinating their efforts the USA and the EU will attain the required political synergies to engage in an effective positive and constructive dialogue with the BRICS and other emerging countries; takes the view that, without prejudice to the G-7, regular EU-US summits would provide the opportunity to identify common objectives and coordinate strategies on matters of global relevance, including economic governance, in order to reach a common approach towards the emerging powers; recalls that transatlantic relations are of utmost importance both economically and politically and stresses the mutual strong economic relationship between the United States of America and the EU; considers that the Transatlantic Economic Council and the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue could also offer an opportunity for dialogue and stock-taking and should thus include a reflection on strategic engagement by the EU and the US of the BRICS and other relevant emerging countries and on how to foster regulatory convergence with such countries; recalls the need to set up a Transatlantic Political Council as an ad-hoc body for systematic, high-level consultation and coordination on foreign and security policy between the EU and the US;

Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 of 20 December 2007 applying the arrangements for products originating in certain states which are part of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States provided for in agreements establishing, or leading to the establishment of, Economic Partnership Agreements (OJ L 348, 31.12.2007, p. 1).

2. Considers that the deepening of economic relations must progress alongside the deepening of political relations, and that political, economic, social and cultural relations can only prosper in a peaceful and demilitarised Mediterranean basin; believes that genuine regional and economic integration can only be achieved if concrete progress is made in the settlement of the existing conflicts (specially in Palestine and Western Sahara), in the field of democracy and human ...[+++] rights and with a new economic policy that is aimed at the development of better social standards and a reduction of inequalities;

1. Regrets the fact that the Euro-Mediterranean partnership’s main objectives of commonly shared and peaceful development of the region are still far from being achieved; stresses that the success of this process requires sustained and convergent efforts by all parties, and in particular also a revision of the goal of a Free Trade Agreement by 2010, in the light of the SEMCs' growing food insecurity, increasing desertification and environmental stress in the entire Mediterranean basin and the lack of sustainable economic progress in terms of trade libera ...[+++]lisation in most SEMCs, and a greater involvement of civil society and of the people on both shores of the Mediterranean;

The electronics show was a truly impressive display of the technological and economic significance of the Asian Pacific Rim countries.

Early last month in Tokyo, I represented the Prime Minister at the Pacific Basin Economic Council forum which looked at how we could revitalize the economy.