In 2009, Southeast Asian political leaders accelerated their target date for realizing the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) to 2015. As the deadline looms, there are competing opinions on what can be accomplished by the end of this year, the AEC’s potential impact, and its near-term priorities.

Yoshifumi Fukunaga provided a progress report on ASEAN economic integration and its future prospects, presenting perspectives from both Southeast Asia and Japan. James Wallar offered comments and James L. Schoff moderated.

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