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Japanese Multinational Enterprises and AFTA: Restructuring and Market Segmentation

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Japanese Foreign Direct Investment and the East Asian Industrial System
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The 6th ASEAN summit meeting was held at Hanoi in December 1998. It set the target year for realization of AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Area) in January 1, 2002. As Cambodia joined ASEAN in April 1999, the membership of ASEAN became 10 countries, namely Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia1.

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Horaguchi, H. (2002). Japanese Multinational Enterprises and AFTA: Restructuring and Market Segmentation. In: Horaguchi, H., Shimokawa, K. (eds) Japanese Foreign Direct Investment and the East Asian Industrial System. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-66990-6_4

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