ASEAN
Association of 
South East Asian Nations
changes last made to this page 2003 Dec 31
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. While many of the students in this course have heard of NAFTA for North America and the E.U. for Europe, ASEAN might not be so well known so we have provided this introductory information on ASEAN to balance your understanding of the leading NGO trading entities .

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"The Asian currency crisis is noted in the text beginning on page 132 
click to see detailed map of ASEAN countries
ASEAN
Association of South East Asian Nations

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The original of this chart was on the official ASEAN web site at
 www.asean.or.id/
stat/asean9.htm
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. The ASEAN chart is a particularly useful perspective on the countries outside of the Big 4 (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan).

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 ASEAN by ASEANs       www.aseansec.org/home.htm 
http://www.aseansec.org/home.htm The ASEAN Secretariat website Jakarta,  Indonesia

a portal about ASEAN events, activities and the structure of ASEAN
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from  2003 Oct 8

The ASEAN countries, as a group, are seeking to develop advantageous relations with other big players in the region such as India and China. Rather than individual countries in ASEAN trying to develop a trade agreement with , say, India, they find it more advantageous to do this in the context of a larger entity.

And, its not just the ASEAN countries that want to do this, the BIG FOUR also want to do business with ASEAN.

as evidenced by South Korea's President's comments
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In addition to the comments expressed by ASEAN leaders and the leaders of the BIG FOUR about a trading entity in East-Asia, you have the wisdom of Toronto Star economics editor David Crane in an Oct 2003 piece discussing East-Asian growth in depth.

Crane repeats a quote "Europe is the past, U.S. is the present, Asia is the future"
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Crane suggests China is seeking trade agreements with almost everybody in the region and the consequence will be significant.

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