The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a fast growing trade bloc of 10 member states: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

With a combined population of over 660 million and a collective GDP of almost US$3.2 trillion in 2019, ASEAN ranks as the third largest regional economy in Asia and the fifth largest economy in the world, after the US, China, Japan and Germany.