The Asean Free Trade Agreement: Precipitating Causes and Future Consequences

Abstract

This paper examines (1) the transformations in the international economy that led to the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Free Trade Agreement and (2) the factors working in favor and against the agreement's implementation. The underlying motivation for AFTA is examined in terms of being a reaction to the rise of the European Community and the North American Free Trade Agreement, which led to fears of reduced foreign investment, trade diversion, diminished bargaining power in negotiations, and lower international competitiveness. The implementation of AFTA is discussed as being constrained by a lumber of factors, including regional security tensions, product exclusions, long lead time, uneven levels of development, insufficient coordination of external policy, as well as lack of treatment of NTBs, subsidies and government procurement practices

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA281353

Entities

People

  • Stephen G. Brooks

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • California
  • Commerce
  • Far East
  • Foreign Relations
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Investments
  • Malaysia
  • National Security
  • North America
  • Schools
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Thailand
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Economics
  • International Relations and European Studies