The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has set Dec. 31, 2015 as its target date for regional economic integration — including a single market and production base with the free movement of goods, services, investment and skilled labor, and the freer flow of capital.
With the Asean Economic Community’s December 2015 deadline looming, how much further does the region have to go?
Iwan Azis, head of the Office of Regional Economic Integration at the Asian Development Bank, spoke with Bloomberg Brief’s Justin Jimenez to weigh in on its progress.