Advent of the Era of the AEC and Its Impact on Singapore and Indonesia(16)

Comparative Study on the Perception and Response of Singapore and Indonesia

Though all the ASEAN members have been closely related with each other over history, each country shows different interests in the era of the AEC. 

This is mainly because 10 countries aren't in an identical economic situation. Components of a national economy such as natural resource reserves, labor force abundancy, industrial structure and infrastructure condition are all dissimilar, more or less. This disparity inevitably results in economic gap among the ASEAN members.