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OPENING DOORS ON ASIA PACIFIC TRADE

IF you are actively conducting business in the Asia Pacific region or interested in doing so, you will not want to miss the APEC Customs/Industry Trade Exhibition & Seminars.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Revenue Canada are co-hosting this event as part of "Canada's Year of Asia Pacific." This is your opportunity to:

develop business partnerships;
discuss key issues with a wide variety of participants, from customs administrators to couriers, from freight forwarders to international business councils;
obtain invaluable information through seminars focusing on the unique aspects of conducting business in the region.

To complement the Team Canada business initiatives in Asia, the theme of the Exhibition & Seminars is "Opening Doors on Asia Pacific Trade."

Talk to the right people, Interact directly with customs administrators to discuss customs harmonization and proposed reforms in the region.

Discover the latest products and services that make doing business in the APEC region simpler and easier. See a demonstration of the new APEC Tariff Database - a tangible result of a public/private joint venture between the APEC Committee on Trade and Investment and FedEx.

If you want to give yourself the edge to build on your current APEC region successes, or you are interested in launching your business into a vibrant new market, don't miss this opportunity!

Trade Exhibition Hours:

Wednesday, May 7, 1997 15:00 - 18:00
Thursday, May 8, 1997 08:30 - 18:30
Friday, May 9, 1997 08:30 - 14:30
Radisson Hotel des Gouverneurs, Level C, Second Floor Below Lobby
Tickets: $15 (3-day pass) Use the attached order form to reserve your tickets now. Tickets also available at the door.

Information Seminars will be scheduled throughout the Exhibition. Learn about the issues that affect your ability to do business in the APEC economies.

Scheduled Seminar Topics*:

Cut Red Tape Going Through Customs: Learn the Value of an ATA Varnet (May 8, 10:00, Cartier A)

Mr. Bruce Wilson, Director of Carnet & Customs, U.S. Council for International Business

APEC Cross Cultural Awareness: Know Your Partners Sensibilisation transculturelle: vous connaissez vos partenaires de l'APEC?

(May 8 & 9, 10:00, Cartier B)

Mrs. Bronwyn Best, Special Advisor, APEC-SME

Mr. Christian Laverdure, Director, Special International projects, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Export Financing: Risk Management, Credit Insurance, and Buyer Financing / Financement des exportations:
gestions du risque, assurance-crédit et financement des acheteurs

(May 8, 11:00, Cartier A (French)/ May 9, 11:00, Cartier B (English)

Ms. Linda Gagnon-Conway, Director, Emerging Exporters Team, EDC (Export Development Corporation)

Detector Dog Services: See them in Action

Les chiens détecteurs: l'efficacité à l'oeuvre

(May 8, 11:00, Cartier B)

Revenue Canada

Transfer Pricing / Fixation des prix de transfert

(May 8, 12:00, Cartier A (English) / 3:00, Cartier B (French)

Revenue Canada

Export Tool Kit / La trousse d'information sur l'exportation

(May 8, 12:00, Cartier B (French) / 2:00, Cartier B (English)

(to be confirmed)

* subject to change

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Members:

Australia	Hong Kong	Mexico	Singapore
Brunel	Darussalam	Indonesia	New Zealand	Chinese Taipei
Canada	Japan	Papua New Guinea	Thailand
Chile	Republic of Korea	United States
People's Republic of China	Malaysia	Philippines

Internet Demonstration of the APEC Tariff Database
Démonstration sur internet de la banque de données tarifaires de l'APEC
(May 8, 1:00, Cartier A/May 9, 1:00, Cartier A (French)

(May 8, 1:30, Cartier A/May 9, 1:30, Cartier A (English)

Mr. Andrew Lee, Manager, Customer Automation, Internet Applications, FedEx

La puissance des partenariats ou le fruit des alliances stratégiques pour les PME (May 8, 1:00, Cartier B)

Mr. Reed Scowen, President, Canadian Business Networks Coalition

Fiscal Considerations of Investing in the Asia Pacific Region

Questions fiscales relatives à l'investissement dans la région de l'Asie-Pacifique

(May 8, 2:00, Cartier A (English) / May 9, 12:00, Cartier A (French)

Mr. Pierre Bourgeois, Partner, Price Waterhouse

Legal Issues Surrounding Access to Asia Pacific Markets

Questions de droit entourant l'accès aux marchés de l'Asie-Pacifique

(May 8, 3:00, Cartier A (English)/May 9, 11:00, Cartier A (French)

Mr, Mitchell Brownstein, Managing Partner, Mr. Prashant Ajmera, Asia Pacific Regional Director; and Mr, Herbert Brownstein, Senior Partner, Brownstein, Brownstein & Associates

Safeguarding Intellectual Property in the Asia Pacific

Region (May 9, 10:00, Cartier A)

Mr. Wing T. Yan, Partner, Avisar, Hunt & Yan

Possibilités d'affaires dans la République populaire de Chine, Taipei, et Hong Kong

(May 9, 12:00, Cartier B)

Ambassador Fred Bild, Professeur invité, Université de Montréal

Business Opportunities in Southeast Asia

(May 9, 1:00, Cartier B)

Dr. Lorna Wright, Director, Centre for Canada-Asia Business Relations, Queen's University


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