by TNR Staff

 

THAI Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha this afternoon (Nov. 19) gave a bamboo basket to US Vice President Kamala Harris at the end of the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit to symbolise the passing over of Apec goals to next year’s summit host, Naewna newspaper said.

 

The second day of the summit was a retreat session focusing on “Sustainable trade and investment.”

 

Prayut had told the foreign leaders that trade and investment play an important role in promoting

sustainable and inclusive growth across the region and the world with Apec having always supported a multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organisation as its core.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/11/19/prayut-hands-over-bamboo-basket-to-us-as-apec-summit-ends/

 

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4 hours ago, webfact said:

THAI Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha this afternoon (Nov. 19) gave a bamboo basket to US Vice President Kamala Harris at the end of the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit

is it over ...........thank god for that 

 

so what did they achieve ......... ?????? my guess is absolutely nothing

The US is holding an APEC summit?  In Hawaii? Seems a long way for most of the members to go.  

Just now, sqwakvfr said:

The US is holding an APEC summit?  In Hawaii? Seems a long way for most of the members to go.  

It is a long way for everyone to go...... protesters too I think!

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

It is a long way for everyone to go...... protesters too I think!

Maybe that is one of the reasons?  If it is held in Washington DC then many of the protesters won’t be able to afford to make the trip.  

Edited November 21, 20223 yr by sqwakvfr

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Prayut had told the foreign leaders that trade and investment play an important role in promoting

sustainable and inclusive growth across the region and the world with Apec having always supported a multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organisation as its core.

Will USA ask Thailand to drop the luxury tax... if they want to talk trade.

From one basket case to another.

6 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

The US is holding an APEC summit?  In Hawaii? Seems a long way for most of the members to go.  

Not Hawaii. They wish. It's in San Francisco.

I thought this was the outgoing Employee of the Month handing over the trophy to the new incumbent.????????

10 hours ago, webfact said:

gave a bamboo basket

Does not appear to contain jars of chicken essence!

4 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

Maybe that is one of the reasons?  If it is held in Washington DC then many of the protesters won’t be able to afford to make the trip.  

No, the other way round.

9 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

The US is holding an APEC summit?  In Hawaii? Seems a long way for most of the members to go.  

And yet most all of them are willing to ship knickknacks to the USA , even to the mainland as long as the USA guarantees(pays for) them freedom of the seas.

Basket instead of brown envelope

I wonder whose ashes are in there.

The story doesn't mention that the rest of the participants received very lavish jewelry. Kamala got a bamboo basket. Seems appropriate.