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  • President Obama: Thank you so much.

  • Xiàwu hao.

  • (applause)

  • Thank you, Andrew, for that introduction.

  • I have had the pleasure of getting to know

  • Andrew very well these past few years.

  • We have worked him hard -- he helped my administration

  • with strategies for growing high-tech manufacturing

  • to hiring more long-term unemployed.

  • He's just as good at corporate citizenship

  • as he is at running a corporation.

  • Later I'll visit Brisbane, where I know Andrew

  • spent some of his youth.

  • I'm sure he's got some suggestions for fun there,

  • but not necessarily things that a President can do.

  • (laughter)

  • We don't know how he spent his youth,

  • but I'm sure he had some fun.

  • It is wonderful to be back in China,

  • and I'm grateful for the Chinese people's

  • extraordinary hospitality.

  • This is my sixth trip to Asia as President,

  • and my second this year alone.

  • And that's because, as I've said on each of my visits,

  • America is a thoroughly Pacific nation.

  • We've always had a history with Asia.

  • And our future -- our security and our prosperity --

  • is inextricably intertwined with Asia.

  • I know the business leaders in attendance today agree.

  • I've now had the privilege to attend

  • the APEC CEO summit in Singapore, in Yokohama,

  • and in my original hometown of Honolulu, now in Beijing.

  • And I think it's safe to say that few global forums are

  • watched more closely by the business community.

  • There's a good reason for that.

  • Taken together, APEC economies account for about 40 percent

  • of the world's population, and nearly 60 percent

  • of its GDP.

  • That means we're home to nearly three billion customers,

  • and three-fifths of the global economy.

  • And over the next five years, nearly half of all economic

  • growth outside the United States is projected to come

  • from right here, in Asia.

  • That makes this region an incredible opportunity for

  • creating jobs and economic growth in the United States.

  • And any serious leader in America,

  • whether in politics or in commerce, recognizes that fact.

  • Now the last time I addressed this CEO summit

  • was three years ago.

  • Today, I've come back at a moment when, around the world,

  • the United States is leading from a position of strength.

  • This year, of course, has seen its share

  • of turmoil and uncertainty.

  • But whether it's our fight to degrade and destroy

  • the terrorist network known as ISIL, or to contain

  • and combat the Ebola epidemic in West Africa,

  • the one constant -- the one global necessity

  • -- is and has been American leadership.

  • And that leadership in the world is backed

  • by the renewed strength of our economy at home.

  • Today, our businesses have created 10.6 million jobs

  • over the longest uninterrupted stretch of job growth

  • in American history.

  • We're on pace for the best year of job growth since the 1990s.

  • Since we started creating jobs again, the U.S.

  • has put more people back to work than Europe, Japan,

  • and every other advanced economy combined.

  • And when you factor in what's happening in our broader

  • economy -- a manufacturing sector that as Andrew said

  • is growing now at a rapid pace; graduation rates

  • that are rising; deficits that have shrunk by two-thirds;

  • health care inflation at 50-year lows;

  • and an energy boom at new highs -- when you put all

  • this together, what you get is an American economy that

  • is primed for steadier, more sustained growth,

  • and better poised to lead and succeed in the 21st century

  • than just about any other nation on Earth.

  • And you don't have to take our word for it -- take yours.

  • For two years in a row, business executives like

  • all of you have said that the world's most

  • attractive place to invest is the United States.

  • And we're going to go for a three-peat.

  • We're going to try to make it the same this year.

  • But despite the responsibilities of American leadership around

  • the world, despite our attention to getting our economy growing,

  • there should be no doubt that the United States of America

  • remains entirely committed when it comes to Asia.

  • America is a Pacific power, and we are leading to promote

  • shared security and shared economic growth

  • this century, just as we did in the last.

  • In fact, one of my core messages throughout this trip -- from

  • APEC to the East Asia Summit to the G20 in Australia --

  • is that working together we need growth that is balanced,

  • growth that is strong, growth that is sustainable,

  • and growth where prosperity is shared by everybody who

  • is willing to work hard.

  • As President of the United States I make no apologies

  • for doing whatever I can to bring new jobs

  • and new industries to America.

  • But I've always said, in the 21st century,

  • the pursuit of economic growth, job creation

  • and trade is not a zero-sum game.

  • One country's prosperity doesn't have to come

  • at the expense of another.

  • If we work together and act together,

  • strengthening the economic ties between our

  • nations will benefit all of our nations.

  • That's true for the nations of APEC,

  • and I believe it's particularly true for the relationship

  • between the United States and China.

  • (applause)

  • I've had the pleasure of hosting President Xi twice

  • in the United States.

  • The last time we met, in California,

  • he pointed out that the Pacific Ocean is big enough

  • for both of our nations.

  • And I agree.

  • The United States welcomes the rise of a prosperous,

  • peaceful and stable China.

  • I want to repeat that.

  • (applause)

  • I want to repeat that: We welcome the rise

  • of a prosperous, peaceful and stable China.

  • In fact, over recent decades the United States

  • has worked to help integrate China into

  • the global economy -- not only because

  • it's in China's best interest, but because it's

  • in America's best interest, and the world's best interest.

  • We want China to do well.

  • (applause)

  • We compete for business, but we also

  • seek to cooperate on a broad range of shared

  • challenges and shared opportunities.

  • Whether it's stopping the spread of Ebola,

  • or preventing nuclear -- preventing nuclear

  • proliferation, or deepening our clean energy partnership,

  • combating climate change, a leadership role that,

  • as the world's two largest economies and two largest carbon

  • emitters, we have a special responsibility to embrace.

  • If China and the United States can work together,

  • the world benefits.

  • And that's something this audience is acutely

  • interested in.

  • (applause)

  • We continually have to work to strengthen

  • the bilateral trade and investment between

  • our two nations.

  • America's first trade mission visited China

  • just a year after America's revolution ended.

  • Two hundred and thirty years later,

  • we are the two largest economies in the world.

  • And the trade and investment relationship we have benefits

  • both of our countries.

  • China is our fastest growing export market.

  • Chinese direct investment in the United States

  • has risen six-fold over the past five years.

  • Chinese firms directly employ a rapidly growing

  • number of Americans.

  • And all these things mean jobs for the American people;

  • and deepening these ties will mean more jobs

  • and opportunity for both of our peoples.

  • And that's why I'm very pleased to announce that

  • during my visit the United States and China have

  • agreed to implement a new arrangement for visas that

  • will benefit everyone from students, to tourists,

  • to businesses large and small.

  • Under the current arrangement, visas between

  • our two countries last for only one year.

  • Under the new arrangement, student and exchange visas will

  • be extended to five years; business and tourist visas will

  • be extended to 10 years.

  • (applause)

  • Now, of course, that will be good for the businessmen

  • who are going back and forth all the time.

  • But keep in mind, last year, 1.8 million Chinese visitors

  • to the United States contributed $21 billion to our economy

  • and supported more than 100,000 American jobs.

  • This agreement could help us more than quadruple

  • those numbers.

  • I've heard from American business leaders

  • about how valuable this step will be.

  • And we've worked hard to achieve this outcome because it clearly

  • serves the mutual interest of both of our countries.

  • (applause)

  • So I'm proud that during my visit to China

  • we will mark this important breakthrough,

  • which will benefit our economies and bring our people together,

  • and I'm pleased that President Xi has been a partner in getting

  • this done -- very much appreciate his work on this.

  • (applause)

  • Now, deepening our economic ties is why I also hope

  • to make progress with President Xi towards an ambitious,

  • high-standard, bilateral investment treaty that opens

  • up China's economy to American investors -- an agreement that

  • could unlock even more progress and more opportunity

  • in both of our countries.

  • We're also working together to put -- in pursuit

  • of an international agreement on the ITA.

  • And we'll speak directly and candidly, as we always

  • do, about specific actions China can take

  • to help all of us, across the Asia-Pacific,

  • to expand trade and investment, which many

  • of the CEOs I talk to raise in our discussions.

  • We look to China to create a more level playing field

  • on which foreign companies are treated fairly so that

  • they can compete fairly with Chinese companies;

  • a playing field where competition policy promotes

  • the welfare of consumers and doesn't benefit just one set

  • of companies over another.

  • We look to China to become an innovative economy that

  • values the protection of intellectual property rights,

  • and rejects cybertheft of trade secrets for commercial gain.

  • We look to China to approve biotechnology advances that are

  • critical to feeding a growing planet on the same timeline

  • as other countries, to move definitively toward

  • a more market-determined exchange rate, and, yes,

  • to stand up for human rights and freedom of the press.

  • And we don't suggest these things because they're good

  • for us; we suggest that China do these things for

  • the sake of sustainable growth in China,

  • and the stability of the Asia-Pacific region.

  • And I look forward to discussing these issues,

  • along with China's concerns and ideas,

  • with President Xi over the next few days.

  • Now even as America works to deepen our bilateral ties with

  • China, we're focused this week on deepening our ties with all

  • the APEC economies, including reducing barriers to trade

  • and investment, so that companies like yours

  • can grow, create new jobs, and promote prosperity

  • across the Asia-Pacific region.

  • After all, Asia's largest export market is the United States --

  • that benefits American consumers because it has led to more

  • affordable goods and services.

  • Six of America's top 10 export markets are APEC economies,

  • and more than 60 percent of our exports -- over $1 trillion

  • worth of goods and services -- are purchased by APEC economies.

  • That supports millions of American jobs.

  • So the work that APEC members have done together over the

  • years has lowered tariffs, cut shipping costs,

  • and made it cheaper, easier, and faster to do business -

  • and that supports good jobs in all of our nations.

  • We've worked together to improve food security,

  • encourage clean energy, promote education,

  • and deliver disaster relief.

  • And all of this has made a difference.

  • But we can always do more.

  • We can do more to reduce barriers to trade

  • and economic growth.

  • Since 2006, we've worked together toward the ultimate

  • goal of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific,

  • and APEC has shown a number of pathways that could make

  • it a reality.

  • And one of those pathways is the Trans-Pacific Partnership

  • between the United States and 11 other nations.

  • Once complete, this partnership will bring nearly 40 percent

  • of the global economy under an agreement that means increased

  • trade, greater investment, and more jobs for its member

  • countries; a level playing field on which businesses can compete;

  • high standards that protect workers, the environment,

  • and intellectual property.

  • And I just met with several other members of the TPP who

  • share my desire to make this agreement a reality,

  • we're going to keep on working to get it done.

  • For we believe that this is the model for trade

  • in the 21st century.

  • Agreements like this will benefit our economies

  • and our people.

  • But they also send a strong message that what's important

  • isn't just whether our economies continue to grow,

  • but how they grow; that what's best for our people isn't

  • a race to the bottom, but a race to the top.

  • Obviously, ensuring the continued growth and stability

  • of the Asia-Pacific requires more than a focus on growing

  • trade and investment.

  • Steady, sustainable growth requires making it easier

  • for small businesses to access capital and new markets.

  • And when about one-third of small businesses in the region

  • are run by women, then steady, sustainable growth requires

  • every woman's ability to fully participate in the economy.

  • That's true in the United States and that's true everywhere.

  • Steady, sustainable growth requires promoting policies

  • and practices that keep the Internet open and accessible.

  • Steady, sustainable growth requires a planet where citizens

  • can breathe clean air, and drink clean water, and eat safe food,

  • and make a living fishing healthy oceans.

  • Steady, sustainable growth requires mobilizing the talents

  • and resources of all our people -- regardless of gender,

  • or religion, or color, or creed; offering them the opportunity

  • to participate in open and transparent political and

  • economic systems; where we cast a harsh light on bribery

  • and corruption, and a well-deserved spotlight

  • on those who strive

  • to play by the rules.

  • Those are all some of the areas we'll be focused

  • on at APEC this week, and going forward.

  • And obviously every country is different --

  • no country is following the same model.

  • But there are things that bind us together,

  • and despite our differences, we know there are certain

  • standards and ideals that will benefit all people.

  • We know that if given a choice, our young people would demand

  • more access to the world's information, not less.

  • We know that if allowed to organize,

  • our workers would better -- demand working conditions

  • that don't injure them, that keep them safe;

  • that they're looking for stronger labor and environmental

  • safeguards, not weaker.

  • We know that if given a voice, women wouldn't say give us less;

  • they'd speak up for more access to markets,

  • more access to capital, more seats in our legislature

  • and our boardrooms.

  • So these are all key issues in growth as well.

  • Sometimes we focus just on trade and investment and dollars

  • and cents, but these things are important as well.

  • These ideals aren't just topics for summits and state visits.

  • They're touchstones of the world that we're going

  • to leave to our children.

  • The United States is not just here in Asia to check a box;

  • we're here because we believe our shared future

  • is here in Asia, just as our shared past has been.

  • We're looking to a future where a worker in any of our

  • countries can afford to provide for his family;

  • where his daughter can go to school and start a business

  • and have a fair shot at success; where fundamental rights

  • are cherished, and protected, and not denied.

  • And that future is one where our success is defined less by

  • armies and less by bureaucrats, and more by entrepreneurs,

  • and innovators, by dreamers and doers,

  • by business leaders who focus as much on the workers

  • they empower as the prosperity that they create.

  • That's future that we see.

  • That's why we're here.

  • It's why we've worked so closely together these

  • past several years.

  • And as long as I'm America's President,

  • I'm going to be invested in your success because

  • I believe it is essential to our success as well.

  • Thank you very much.

  • Xièxiè.

  • (applause)

President Obama: Thank you so much.

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