Accelerating ASEAN economic integration: Moving beyond AFTA

Hadi Soesastro

No WPE091, CSIS Economics Working Paper Series from Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta, Indonesia

Abstract: Progress and realisation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) can only be achieved if there is a clear blueprint, which identifies the end goal, the process to reach the end goal and a framework for proper assessment of the costs and benefits of an ASEAN Economic Community. AEC should not be based on the AFTA in which an agreement was reached first and the details negotiated afterwards earning it the nickname of "Agree First Talk After". A "new ASEAN way" will have to be developed and accepted as the rule of the game before the AEC has any serious chance of fulfilling the role of making ASEAN more competitive and attractive for world business.

Keywords: ASEAN Economic Community (AEC); regional integration; economic cooperation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-03
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