Inauguration of the AEC and Its Impacts on Relation between Singapore and Indonesia(4)

Comparative Research on Relationship of Singapore and Indonesia in the AEC Aspect

The AEC has drawn huge attention from the global society ever since discussions over the formation of the new regional economic community became the talk of the town. In that more than 95% of intra-regional trades have been conducted free from any types of tariff in the ASEAN, expectation for meaningful progresses of the AEC gets bigger and bigger. 

Under this circumstance, it is no wonder that academic attempts to explore the era of the AEC in Southeast Asia have been carried out over the past decade. Researches on possible changes and repercussions that AEC may bring to the region have been mainly addressed.