Brick by Brick: The Building of an ASEAN Economic Community

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Index 227 Index A absence of approval, 165 ACNielsen, 130 across-borders measures, 17 administrative burdens, 10 ad valorem equivalents (AVE) imported goods, 92 ad valorem tariff lines, 62 ad valorem tariffs, 122 Thailand, 73 AEC blueprint, 221 AEC Project, 3 AFTA Council (19th), 88 criteria for elimination of NTMs, 122 AFTA-Plus, 221 AFTA preferential scheme, 98 Agreed Positions, 10 Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments, 167 Agreement on ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements (1997), 86 Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), 125 agricultural goods trade in, 28 agriculture dominant sector, 59 agro-based products, 4, 67, 74 Cambodia, 70 Indonesia, 70 Vietnam, 73 Malaysia, 72 Myanmar, 72 NTMs, 91 priority sector, 118 AHTN (ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature), 60, 88 AICO scheme, 6 air travel sector, 124 anti-dumping action, 28, 31 ASEAN, see Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ASEAN–Australia Development Cooperation Program Regional Economic Policy Support Facility, 7, 33, 57 ASEAN-CER FTA, 178–83 ASEAN-China relations, 183 ASEAN-China FTA, 189, 200 NTMs provision, 96 ASEAN-5 elimination of NTMs, 121 ASEAN-5 plus Brunei (ASEAN-6), 5 ASEAN-India FTA, 190, 195 11 BrickByBrick Index 10/30/07, 8:24 AM 227 228 Index ASEAN-India relations, 190–97 external opportunities, 192 external threats, 193 internal weaknesses, 191, 192 ASEAN-Japan FTA, 201 ASEAN-Japan relations, 197–201 external opportunities, 200 external threats, 201 internal strengths, 199 internal weaknesses, 199 ASEAN-Korea FTA, 204 ASEAN-Korea relations, 201–207 external opportunities, 203 external threats, 204 internal strengths, 202 internal weaknesses, 202, 203 ASEAN-led reform process, 129 ASEAN-6, 6 CEPT rates, 74 export similarity indices, 194, 198, 204 export similarity indices with CER, 180 FDI intensity index, 189 merchandise export, 187 merchandise trade with China, 183 merchandise trade intensity index, 190 RCA indices for merchandise exports, 196 services trade with CER, 180 trade with CER, 179 ASEAN-wide documentation, 91 ASEAN Agreement on Investment, 169 ASEAN Cebu Summit (2007), 4 ASEAN Charter, 11, 211, 218, 219, 220 framing of, 177 ASEAN Common Form, 32 ASEAN Community, 217 ASEAN Compliance Body, 5 ASEAN Concord II (Bali Concord II), 2, 59 ASEAN Consultation to Solve Trade and Investment Issues, 5 ASEAN Court of Justice, 219 ASEAN Database of Non-Tariff Measures, 87 ASEAN Dispute Settlement Mechanism (DSM), 117, 212 ASEAN Economic Bulletin, 57 ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), 2, 30, 32, 59, 117, 176, 207, 209 target date, 220 ASEAN Economic Ministers meeting in November 1999, 6 ASEAN Economic Secretariat, 219 ASEAN 8th Interim Technical Working Group, 113 ASEAN Framework Agreement, 165 Integration of Priority Sectors, 8, 32 ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS), 5, 7, 31, 124, 117, 209, 211 liberalization under, 123 ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), 5, 29, 36, 37, 117, 175, 209, 210, 221 CLMV countries, 37, 38 long-term benefits, 56 main objective, 37 reduction of tariffs, 38 time frame for NTMs elimination, 96 ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN), 60, 88 ASEAN High Level Task Force (HLTF), 3, 4, 5 ASEAN Industrial Cooperation (AICO) scheme, 6 ASEAN integration, 202 priority sectors, 120 11 BrickByBrick Index 10/30/07, 8:24 AM 228 Index 229 ASEAN Investment Area (AIA), 5, 32, 61, 151, 167, 209, 210 ASEAN investment treaties, 168 ASEAN investor, 165 ASEAN Meetings on Non-Tariff Barriers, 87 ASEAN member countries (AMCs), 10 agreed positions, 139 non-discrimination of nationals, 140 resident corporations, 10 ASEAN minus X, 11, 211, 220, 222 formula, 31 ASEAN MRA on Electronics and Electrical Products, 127 ASEAN NTM Database, 89 ASEAN Plus 1, 221 free trade agreements, 10 ASEAN Secretariat, 5, 60, 89, 141, 219 ASEAN Singapore Summit, 219 ASEAN Single Currency Cooperation, 33 ASEAN Single Market, 8 ASEAN Single Window, 127 ASEAN Summit Bali, 2 ASEAN Summit (10th), 59, 118 ASEAN Summit (2004) Vientiane, 5 ASEAN tariff classification, 53 ASEAN-10, 37 ASEAN Vision 2020, 30, 59 ASEAN Way, 218, 220 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), 221 Asian Development Bank (ADB) assistance from, 54 Asian Plus Three (APT), 221 assistance programmes, 55 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 1 see also ASEAN Cebu Summit, 220 exporters of priority products, 66 FDI flows from, 6 human development indicators, 216 incidence of poverty, 217 as investment destination, 176–78 macroeconomic indicators, 215 narrowing development gap, 214 poverty, 217 priority sectors, 136 regional trading agreements, 213 rising affluence of work force, 177 steps necessary to be single market, 30 Australia, 176 FTA with...