ASEAN looks to the new year

Article Abstract:

The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has held its annual meeting for 1998 in Vietnam, and has made little progress in terms of economic initiatives. Cambodian admission to ASEAN is one of the issues dividing members. There are also divisions on how national economies should deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and those that have received aid wish to continue with reforms that were a condition of such aid. Recovery of the region's economies relates more to national policies than to wider agreements.

International Affairs, Southeast Asia, Regional Trade Groups

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And South-East Asia thinks it's all over

Article Abstract:

The economic turmoil in Southeast Asia is not over despite pledges from the International Monetary Fund to help out countries in the region, particulary Indonesia and Thailand. Sixteen banks in Indonesia have closed and Thailand has not made much effort to fix its economic problems.

Analysis, Thailand, Economic development, Indonesia

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Fortress Asia?

Article Abstract:

The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) met to plan the ASEAN Free-Trade Area (AFTA). Other areas planning to integrate their markets, such as Europe and North America, have caused the Southeast Asians to realize that they can market to 320 million consumers.

Commercial treaties, Trade agreements, Asia, Southeastern

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