The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) can work well with China's Belt and Road initiative, as the two complement each other in enhancing regional and world prosperity and harmony, a Malaysian expert has said.
The economic ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) called for more efforts to fulfill the goal of deepening integration of the region at the end of a two-day meeting here Sunday.
Thailand's former deputy prime minister Korn Dabbaransi said here Saturday that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries should not confine themselves within the boundary of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) as its community building process is scheduled to be accomplished in 2015.
The Philippines could add 3.1 million jobs to its labor market as a member of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which is expected to come into force in 2015, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Wednesday.
The 25th meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) High Level Task Force (HLTF) on Economic Integration, which aimed at promoting free trade between ASEAN nations, kicked off in Yangon on Tuesday.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is facing a number of challenges in the full implementation of the Asean Economic Community, the vehicle for regional economic integration, by end-2015, or barely a year from now.
Two conflicting views have emerged in the Philippines on whether or not the country is ready for economic integration in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) under the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) which will start to take effect next year.
Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asian region, is making ready for the country's integration into ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 by improving competitiveness.
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