Abstract
Purpose – Free trade agreements have been employed, either unilaterally or as a bloc, as an
instrument to overcome the inefficiencies in trade brought about by the prevailing barriers and
regulatory measures. During the tenth summit the leaders of Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) agreed to integrate their priority sectors with a vision to developing an ASEAN economic
community whereby there would be a free flow of goods, services, investment and a freer flow of
capital, equitable economic development, and reduced poverty and socio-economic disparities. This
market would have no price discrimination for commodities and against foreign goods, services,
capital and labor. The purpose of this paper is to assess the current state of the cross-border trade in
logistics services among ASEAN. The extent of the ease of cross-border trade is measured in terms of
trade friendliness. The trade friendliness is a measure of the openness of ASEAN towards conducting
free cross-border trade.