The launch of the sixth issue of the ASEAN Economic Integration Brief (AEIB), the second for this year, comes at an exciting time. ASEAN celebrated its 52nd Anniversary on 8 August 2019, when the region witnessed the inauguration of the new ASEAN Secretariat building by the President of Indonesia, H.E. Joko Widodo. The new building symbolises ASEAN’s centrality and unity, as well as the spirit of dialogue and cooperation.