Political-Security Cooperation
The EU was the first regional organization to accede to the Treaty
of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC)→an important
milestones in ASEAN-EU relations to promote peace, security
and stability in the region.
Economic Cooperation
Trade and investment relations between ASEAN and EU remain
substantial →1.5% growth in 2013
The EU was ASEAN’s second largest trading partner (export: -0.4%;
import: +3.5%)
The EU is ASEAN’s biggest source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) with
a share of 22.3%.
There is an increase number of visitors arrivals from the EU to ASEAN.
The ASEAN-EU FTA would possibly be arranged upon the ASEAN
Economic Integration by the end of 2015 based on individual ASEAN
Member States (AMS).
Some conferences were organized to enhance cooperation between
ASEN-EU relations, i.e. the ASEAN-EU Business Summit (AEBS), EU-
ASEAN Aviation Summit.
The EU provides assistance to ASEAN through the EU-ARISE program to
support capacity building of the AMS on regional economic integration.