Brick by Brick: The Building of an ASEAN Economic Community

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ii By: ROS Size: 6" x 9" J/No: 07-13802 Fonts: AGara, Aurora & Helv. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on 8 August 1967. The Member Countries of the Association are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore,Thailand and Vietnam.The ASEAN Secretariat is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. For enquiries, contact: Public Affairs Office The ASEAN Secretariat 70A Jalan Sisingamangaraja Jakarta 12110 Indonesia Tel: (62 21) 724-3372, 726-2991 Fax: (62 21) 739-8234, 724-3504 E-mail: public@aseansec.org ASEANWeb: www.aseansec.org Asia Pacific Press is based in the Crawford School of Economics and Government atThe Australian National University. Asia Pacific Press specializes in economics, development, governance and management in the Asia Pacific region. The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, including ASEAN and APEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). ISEAS Publishing, an established academic press, has issued almost 2,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about Southeast Asia from within the region. ISEAS Publishing works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world. 00 BrickByBrick Prelims 10/30/07, 2:29 PM 2 iv By: ROS Size: 6" x 9" J/No: 07-13802 Fonts: AGara, Aurora & Helv. First published in Singapore in 2007 by ISEAS Publishing Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg Website: http://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg ISEAS ISBN 978-981-230-732-3 (soft cover) ISBN 978-981-230-733-0 (hard cover) ISBN 978-981-230-734-7 (PDF) First published in Australia in 2007 by Asia Pacific Press Crawford School of Economics and Government The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 Australia Tel: 61-2-6125 0178 Fax: 61-2-6125 0767 Website: http://www.asiapacificpress.com Asia Pacific Press ISBN 978-0-7315-3814-0 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and the ASEAN Secretariat.© 2007 ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta Disclaimer The responsibility for facts and opinions in this publication rests exclusively with the authors and their interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the ASEAN Secretariat and/or the Australian Government, the publishers or their supporters. ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Brick by brick : the building of an ASEAN Economic Community / edited by Denis Hew. A collection of select policy research on ASEAN integration issues conducted under the Regional Economic Policy Support Facility, ASEAN-Australia Development Cooperation Program. 1. ASEAN. 2. Southeast Asia—Economic integration. 3. Southeast Asia—Foreign economic relations. 4. Southeast Asia—Commercial policy. 5. Free trade—Southeast Asia. I. Hew, Denis. II. ASEAN-Australia Development Cooperation Program. Regional Economic Policy Support Facility. III. Title: ASEAN Economic Community HC441 B841 2007 Typeset by Superskill Graphics Pte Ltd Printed in Singapore by Utopia Press Pte Ltd 00 BrickByBrick Prelims 10/30/07, 2:29 PM 4 ...