In November 2002, it was proposed at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Heads of Government meeting in … Phnom Penh that the region should consider the possibility of creating an "ASEAN Economic Community" (AEC) by 2020. The name …'s acronym be replaced with "Asia-Pacific Economic Community." This idea was rejected explicitly for fear that it would give the …

In November 2002, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) committed itself to the creation of an ASEAN … even 2015. Hence, the AEC will guide the ASEAN integration agenda for at least the medium-term. The object of this paper is …)Â economic integration experience. The paper notes that while there is much that the EU experience can teach ASEAN, the region …

Given the rapid emergence of regional economic arrangements in Asia, especially in Southeast Asia, it is useful to … also focuses on the regionalism trend with an explicit application to ASEAN, as well as the implications of regionalism in … ASEAN context from a variety of perspectives and using various techniques, from standard economic analysis of preferential …

Bilateral and regional cooperation initiatives in Asia have been growing in importance over the last five years … sequence, is there a case for monetary union in East Asia? Is there a case for expanded free-trade areas (FTAs) in the region … Equilibrium (CGE) model, to evaluate the economics of monetary/financial integration and various configurations of FTAs in Asia …