The document outlines the history and purposes of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) and ASEAN's regional integration agenda, emphasizing cooperation among Southeast Asian nations to achieve economic growth and stability. It highlights the benefits of integration, such as increased trade and market size, as well as ASEAN's various agreements and collaborations with external partners. The document also discusses AFTA's goals of eliminating tariffs and attracting foreign direct investment while enhancing local manufacturing and supporting small businesses.

1. REGIONAL INTEGRATION

2. AGENDA
AFTA
- History
- Purposes
- Impact
ASEAN
- History
- Purposes
- Members
- Activities
Regional Integration
- Definition
- Example
- Benefits

3. Definition
Two or more nation-states agree to co-operate and work closely
together to achieve peace, stability and wealth.

4. Economic and political integration
Tariffs
Quotas
Border Restrictions
Common policy
- Education
- Health care
- Unemplyoment benefits
- Pensions
- etc
Common political institutions

5. Benefits
• Increase trade and enhance consumer choice
• Increased market size
• Serve as a first step towards the expansion of exports
worldwide
• Can build cross-border production chains
• Strengthen their economic and political institutions
• Encourage the liberalisation of services markets

6. ASEAN

7. EU

8. NAFTA

9. African Union

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11. History
Was founded in Bangkok on 8 August 1967 by the foreign
ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and
Thailand.
“One Vision, One Identity, One Community”.

12. ASEAN Member Now

13. Aims and Purposes of ASEAN
• To accelerate the economic growth, social progress and cultural
development.
• To promote regional peace and stability.
• To promote active collaboration and mutual assistance in
economic, social, cultural, technical, scientific, and
administrative fields.
• To provide assistance to each other in the educational,
professional, technical and administrative spheres.

14. Aims and Purposes of ASEAN
• To collaborate in agriculture and industries, expansion of trade,
study of the problems of international commodity trade,
improvement of their transportation, communications facilities,
and the raising of the living standards of the peoples.
• To promote Southeast Asian Studies
• Maintain close and beneficial cooperation with existing
international and regional organizations with similar aims and
purposes.

15. Exports

16. ASEAN Countries rank in terms of
enabling trade

18. Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in
ASEAN, 2000 - 2012

19. Inward FDI Investment Stock in
ASEAN 2012

20. ASEAN Integration Into The Global
Economy
• ASEAN – Rusian (2005)
• ASEAN – South Korea (2009)
• ASEAN +3 (agreement financial structure with China, Japan, and
South Korea)
• ASEAN + 6 (purpose to set up a free trade zone)
• ASEAN also make a bilateral agreement with Australia, Canada,
China, Europe Union, India, Japan, South Korea, New Zealend,
Rusia, United States, and Pakistan
• ASEAN also active in Asia-Pasific Economic Cooperation (APEC),
Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEAM), and East Asia-Latin America Forum
(EALAF)

21. ASEAN Internal Agreement

22. ASEAN Economic Integration
Process, 1993-2015

23. AFTA

24. History of AFTA
AFTA is a trade agreement by ASEAN to support local
manufacturing in all ASEAN countries.
Was signed on 28 January 1992 in Singapore by Brunei
Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,
and Thailand.

25. Primary Goals of AFTA
• Elimination of tariffs and non-tariff barriers (open border)
• Attract more FDI
• Increase efficiency and profitability

28. Indonesia Preparation for AFTA
• Reinforcing the Economy
Structure
• Infrastructure
• Increasing quality and
competencies of local labours
• More support for Small-
business enterprises from
government.
• Reformation Internal in
Government and Institution

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