Economic interests and the ASEAN Economic Community / Tham Siew Yean and Sanchita Basu Das -- ASEAN economic cooperation and its political realities / Rodolfo C. Severino and Moe Thuzar -- Indonesia's implementation of facilitation and harmonization measures under the AEC / Yose Rizal Damuri --...

The ten Southeast Asian economies will announce the formation of an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) on 31 December 2015. The AEC aspires to deliver an integrated market and production base with the free movement of goods, services, capital and skilled labour. However, member economies are still a...

The ten Southeast Asian economies reached a milestone on 31 December 2015, when they announced the formation of an ASEAN Community. Although this includes three pillars – ASEAN Political-Security Community, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community – it is the...