Key Documents
Key Documents
Agreements:
Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees Priority Areas of Cooperation Overview asean-japan-economic-relationstransparent600#0060a9 Overview
Key Documents Agreements Joint Declaration on ASEAN-Korea Comprehensive Cooperation Partnership (2004)
Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees Priority of Cooperation Agreement Cooperation Framework Agreement Economic Cooperation. Under Article 3.1 of the Framework Agreement, there are 19 areas of economic cooperation name Overview asean-korea-free-trade-agreementstransparent600#0060a9Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees
The primary element of the institutional structure is the AJCEP Joint Committee (JC), which reports regularly to the consultations of the ASEAN Economic Ministers, and Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (AEM-METI) through the meetings of their Senior EPriority Areas of Cooperation
The AJCEP aims to liberalize and facilitate trade in goods between ASEAN and Japan and promoting cooperation in fields such as Information and Communications Technology, Intellectual Property, and SMEs. The parties will also continue to discuss and negotiate improvementOverview
Japan’s formal relationship with ASEAN was first established in 1977 as among the first ASEAN’s Dialogue Partners. According to preliminary ASEAN data, total merchandise trade between ASEAN and Japan reached USD 225.9 billion in 2019, accounting for 8.0 per cent of ASEAN’s total merchASEAN-Japan Economic Relation
Key Documents
Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees
The primary element of the institutional structure is the AKFTA Implementing Committee, which reports regularly to the ASEAN and Korea Economic Ministerial Meeting (known collectively as AEM-ROK Consultations) through the meetings of their Senior Economic Officials (Priority of Cooperation
Key priorities of cooperation under AKFTA are stipulated in the main agreements and their annexes.
Overview
Korea is the second dialogue partner with whom ASEAN has forged a free trade agreement. In 2005, ASEAN and Korea signed the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (Framework Agreement), and subsequently, signed four (4) agreements that form the legal instruments for estabASEAN-Korea Economic Relations



