The ASEAN economic community and beyond : myths and realities / Sanchita Basu Das.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Basu Das, Sanchita, author.

Contributor:

ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, Content Provider.

ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

ASEAN.

Southeast Asia--Economic integration.

Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia--Economic conditions.

Southeast Asia--Foreign economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 290 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The year 2015 has special significance for regional economic integration. The ASEAN Community, integrating the political, economic and social aspects of regional cooperation, will complete its first milestone by December 2015. Expectations of tangible benefits under an ASEAN Economic Community have attracted much attention though many of the initiatives will be realized post-2015.<br><br>Following the policy of open regionalism, ASEAN has also signed free trade agreements with Australia, New Zealand, China, India, Japan and South Korea. It has launched negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement in 2013, with expected breakthrough by end-2015. <br><br>The Southeast Asian economies are also involved in two other regional initiatives. First is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), initiated by the United States. As part of the U.S. 'pivot to Asia', the TPP is envisioned as a 'comprehensive and high-quality' agreement and has concluded its negotiation in October 2015. Second, the discussions on regional connectivity have broadened; China has emerged as a recent lead proponent with its proposals for 'One Belt, One Road' and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.<br><br>All these together have implications not only for individual Southeast Asian countries but also for regional trading architecture. To aid in understanding the beginnings, development, and potential of these grand plans, this collection of 22 essays offers a rich analysis of ASEAN's own economic integration and other related initiatives proliferating in the broader Asia-Pacific region.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD / Severino, Rodolfo C.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

I. The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)

2. THE ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

3. CAN THE ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY BE ACHIEVED BY 2015?

4. GOODS TO FLOW SLOW AND STEADY WITHIN THE ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

5. THE LIMITED IMPACT OF THE ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ON SKILLED LABOUR MIGRATION

6. FIVE FACTS ABOUT THE ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

7. GROWING ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY IN ASEAN

8. TOWARDS ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY 2025!

9. THE REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP Going Beyond ASEAN+1 FTAs

10. COMPARING ASEAN+1 FTAs FOR AN EFFECTIVE RCEP

11. CHALLENGES IN NEGOTIATING THE REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

12. THE NEXT DECADE IN ASEAN-U.S. ECONOMIC RELATIONS

13. RCEP AND TPP

14. THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (TPP)

15. THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AS A TOOL TO CONTAIN CHINA

16. RCEP AND TPP

17. IS APEC'S RELEVANCE FADING?

III. An ASEAN Perspective of Regional Connectivity

18. PROMOTING ASIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE FOR REGIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT

19. ADDRESSING INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING IN ASIA

20. APEC AND ASEAN CONNECTIVITY

21. CHINA'S THREE-PRONGED STRATEGY ON REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY

22. CAN THE CHINA-LED AIIB SUPPORT THE ASEAN CONNECTIVITY MASTER PLAN?

APPENDIX

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jun 2017).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9789814695183

9814695181

OCLC:

947229357