History of ASEAN
1997 1997 1967 1995 1967 1999 1967 1995 1984 1967 1967 1967 1984
Established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok The Signing of ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) The Founding Members : Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand
1984 Brunei Darussalam joined in
1984 - Brunei Darussalam joined in. CLMV: 1995 - Vietnam / 1997 – Lao PDR and Myanmar /1999 – Cambodia
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ASEAN Community
Year 2015
ASEAN Economic ASEAN Security
AEC Blueprint
Economic Community (AEC) Security Community (ASC)
AEC Blueprint
ASEAN One Vision Socio‐ cultural Community One Vision One Identity One Community Community (ASCC)
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AEC Blueprint AEC Blueprint Ch i i d El f AEC Characteristics and Elements of AEC
Single Market and Highly competitive Equitable economic Fully integrated into production base economic region development global economy ‐ Free flow of goods F fl f i ‐ Competition Policy C ‐ SME development I i i i f ASEAN ‐ Coherent Approach towards External ‐ Free flow of services ‐ Free flow of investment ‐ Consumer Protection ‐ Intellectual property rights (IPR) ‐ Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) towards External Economic Relations ‐ Enhanced participation in global ‐ Freer flow of capital ‐ Free flow of skilled labour rights (IPR) ‐ Infrastructure Development T ti participation in global supply networks ‐ Taxation ‐ E‐Commerce
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Free flow of Goods Free flow of Goods
- Gradually reduce tariff since 1992
1 Jan 2010
ASEAN‐6: 0% tariff for imports from ASEAN
1 J 2015
CLMV: 0% tariff for imports from ASEAN
1 Jan 2015
CLMV: 0% tariff for imports from ASEAN
Except Goods in Sensitive List : Tariff < 5% Except Goods in Sensitive List : Tariff < 5%
Goods in Highly Sensitive List i.e. Rice, sugar
g y , g (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines)
:Tariff > 5% :Tariff > 5%
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