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By Chance or by Virtue? The Regional Economic Integration Process in Southeast Asia

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The Southeast Asian regional integration process, which started in 1967 with Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, was enlarged in 1984 to Brunei (ASEAN 6) and in the 1990s to Viet Nam, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia (ASEAN 10). In 2003, ASEAN proposed the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and of a single market by 2015.

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Chaponnière, JR., Lautier, M. (2016). By Chance or by Virtue? The Regional Economic Integration Process in Southeast Asia. In: Jetin, B., Mikic, M. (eds) ASEAN Economic Community. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137535085_3

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