Asia Regional Integration Center

Updates

• ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement
  Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat

  Signed and in effect: 24 Feb 2012

• FTA expansion signed but not yet in effect; ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement was signed on 23 October 2020; Singapore ratified on 6 April 2021.
  ASEAN

  Signed and in effect: 23 Oct 2020
• ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement
  Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat

  Signed and in effect: 17 May 2010
• ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services
  Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat

  Signed and in effect: 12 Aug 1998

Legal Documents

• Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area
  ASEAN
• Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area
  ASEAN
• ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint
  ASEAN
• ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint
  ASEAN
• various agreements and protocols
  ASEAN
• various agreements and protocols
  ASEAN

News

• Tariffs, regional issues among focus at upcoming ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting
  Channel News Asia

  7 Jul 2025
• Thai-Cambodian border closure may cause 60 billion baht export loss for Thailand
  Khmer Times

  1 Jul 2025
• Malaysia launches full-scale Startup ASEAN Platform to drive regional growth
  Business World

  30 Jun 2025
• Vietnamese automaker drives into Philippines market
  philstar.com

  27 Jun 2025

Opinions and Editorials

• What ASEAN can do to help avoid the US taking the system down with it
  Channel News Asia

  23 Apr 2025
• Malaysia's ASEAN Chairmanship charts a more resilient and integrated future
  The Edge

  19 Feb 2025
• Is the US ready to expand its strategic economic footprint in Southeast Asia?
  The Diplomat

  29 Nov 2022
• Thailand's EEC is an opportunity not to be missed
  Bangkok Post

  18 Nov 2022

Studies and Research

• ASEAN and Global Value Chains: Locking in Resilience and Sustainability
  Asian Development Bank

  Asian Development Bank

  1 Mar 2023
• Robustness and Resilience of Supply Chains During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Questionnaire Survey on the Supply Chain Links of Firms in ASEAN and India
  Todo, Y. et al.

  Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia

  15 Sep 2021
• Magnification Effect in International Production Networks : Evidence from Asia
  Hayakawa, K. and Mukunoki, H.

  Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)

  14 Jul 2021
• ASEAN's Initiatives for Free Trade in East Asia Under AEC
  S. Sukegawa

  Taylor & Francis Online

  5 Apr 2021

Links

• ASEAN Secretariat
• Singapore FTA Network
• UNESCAP Database