The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) shall be the goal of regional economic integration by 2015. AEC envisages the following key characteristics: (a) a single market and production base, (b) a highly competitive economic region, (c) a region of equitable economic development, and (d) a region fully integrated into the global economy. -ASEAN Economic Community, Association of Southeast Asian Nations Since the early turn of the century, ASEAN member nations have been collaborating and cooperating to [...]
