ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
Overview
In 2019, the EU was ASEAN’s third largest trading partner after China and the United States, with US$ 280.6 billion of total trade, accounting for 10% of ASEAN’s total trade. Since 1998, ASEAN has always registered a trade surplus with the EU, peaking at US$ 54.6 billion in 2017. The EU
Major Sectoral Bodies
AEM-USTR Consultations: Held annually between Economic Ministers from ASEAN and USTR to consider the progress of the overall economic relations and provide guidance and directions for the economic relations.
SEOM-AUSTR Consultations: Conducted regularly between senior economi
Priorities Areas of Cooperation
Under the TIFA and E3 Work Plan, ASEAN and the U.S. have strengthened cooperation in a broad ranges of areas, including but not limited to digital trade, trade facilitation, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), environment, agricultural biotechnology, developm
Overview
Dialogue relationship between ASEAN and the U.S. started in 1977 and has progressively improved since. According to ASEAN preliminary statistics, the US is the second largest trading partner among ASEAN’s Dialogue Partners with the total two-way trade of US$ 294.6 billion in 2019. Preli
