Chia, Siow Yue - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
into deep integration in 2003 with the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The AEC has objectives of a single … promotion of investment; narrowing the development gap; and free flow of skilled labor and freer flow of capital. The AEC … removal of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and services and investment liberalization. In summary, the AEC has come a long way, but …