-regional integration under the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) initiative and through participating in the East Asian … increased intraregional trade and reduce their dependence of advanced economies. -- trade and economic integration ; ASEAN …

Mekong Subregion (GMS) and the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) as case studies. In particular, we look at whether subregionalism … members to integrate more closely with the ASEAN region and, through this, with the rest of the world. As a program based on … nondiscriminatory basis, then this is consistent with the objectives of multilateralism. For the original ASEAN members, AFTA has …