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ASEAN + 3 (China, Japan, and South Korea)

Overview

Since the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-98, the ten ASEAN countries have initiated a regular series of meetings at the cabinet and head-of-government levels with their counterparts from Japan, China, and Korea. These have included annual meetings of the ASEAN ministers of foreign affairs, trade and investment, and finance, with counterparts of the three northeast Asian countries. In addition, heads of government from the 13 countries meet during ASEAN's annual Summits, gatherings which also usually include meetings between the 13 countries' ministers of trade, finance, and foreign affairs.

These meetings take place both on a "10 + 3" as well as a "10 + 1" basis. They are generally held during scheduled annual meetings of the various ASEAN forums, although ASEAN and the +3 countries also meet at other points during the year on an ad-hoc basis. These meetings have been useful in fostering increased cooperation and consultation among the 13 countries.

ASEAN +3 Heads of Government Summits

The Second Informal ASEAN Summit, hosted by Kuala Lumpur in December, 1997, included the participation of China, Japan, and Korea for the first time. Held amid deep concern over the Asian Financial Crisis, that meeting institutionalized the involvement of the +3 countries. The discussions focused on promoting good-neighborly and friendly relations with China, increasing high-level exchanges, and strengthening various dialogue mechanisms. In a joint statement, the leaders reaffirmed support for universality of World Trade Organization membership and for the early entry of China and of the ASEAN applicants to the WTO.

Subsequent Summits focused on the continuing financial crisis and its aftermath, as well as the ongoing effort to support regional economic integration within ASEAN. Japan played a high profile role with the announcement of large scale financial assistance packages, as well as joint programs to broaden economic and technical cooperation. These included a US$30 billion package of loans and grants known as the "Miyazawa Plan," as well as Japan's support for the ASEAN Vision 2020, a long-term vision for the economic and social development of the ASEAN region that was adopted at the December 1997 Summit.

An East Asia Vision Group (EAVG) was initiated by Korea's President Kim Dae-jung at the ASEAN+3 Summit in Hanoi in 1998 to discuss long-term cooperation in the region. The vision group held five sessions from the second half of 1999 to 2001. It was launched in Seoul in October, 1999, with former Korean foreign minister Dr. Han Sung Joo selected as chairman. Each of the ASEAN+3 countries was represented by two academics. The second meeting was held in Shanghai in April 2000, the third in Tokyo in October 2000 and the fourth in Bali in February 2001. The fifth and final meeting was held in Seoul in May 2001.

In 1999, the ASEAN Summits were broadened to include not only heads of government of the 10+3, but their foreign, finance, and trade ministers as well. This came in addition to the meetings of these groups held at other points during the year. An unprecedented joint declaration on the future of East Asia by ASEAN, Japan, Korea, and China pledged cooperation on economic and social development, politics, and security. The November 28, 1999 statement said that there are "bright prospects for enhanced interaction and closer linkages in East Asia" and targeted eight areas for cooperation, including economic, political, security, monetary, and financial issues. The leaders agreed to:

  • accelerate the development of regional growth areas, including the Mekong River Basin
  • establish an East Asian Business Council to promote private sector participation
  • continue structural reform and to strengthen cooperation "since these are essential to sustained economic growth and indispensable safeguards against the recurrence of an economic crisis in East Asia
  • enhance monetary and financial cooperation by strengthening policy dialogues, coordination, and collaboration on financial, monetary, and fiscal issues
  • intensify coordination and cooperation in various international and regional forums such as the UN, the WTO, APEC, ASEM, and the ARF, as well as in regional and international financial institutions.

China also began to adopt a higher profile in these meetings. At the November 2000 Summit in Singapore, China announced it would raise its contribution to an ASEAN-China Cooperation Fund by US$5 million. Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji also tabled a proposal to set up an expert group that would study how economic cooperation and free trade relations between ASEAN and China could be deepened, an initiative which would subsequently lead to the agreement between ASEAN and China to begin negotiating an ASEAN-China free trade agreement (see below).

At their November 2000 Summit, ASEAN Leaders also agreed to launch an Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI). The IAI is intended to provide a framework for regional cooperation through which the more developed ASEAN members could help less developed members. It will focus on education, skills development and worker training. China, Japan and South Korea supported the IAI, and agreed to work towards an "Asian IT [information technology] Belt" to link up cities of "IT excellence" in Asia. In addition, Japan pledged to give priority to ASEAN countries in the disbursement of its US$15 billion "Comprehensive Cooperation Package" on IT for Asia, while South Korea offered training programs in human resource development and IT.

The Leaders of ASEAN, China, Japan and South Korea emphasized the importance of closer cooperation among the countries of East Asia. They supported the proposal by South Korean President Kim Dae Jung for an East Asia Study Group (EASG) (which was established in March 2001). The purpose of the study group is to assess the recommendations of the East Asia Vision Group (EAVG; see above) and explore the idea and implications of an East Asia summit. The 14-member study group consists of 13 senior officials from the ten ASEAN members plus China, Japan and Korea along with the secretary-general of ASEAN. A Working Group of the East Asia Study Group has been set up to assist the senior officials.

Recent developments

Indonesia hosted the 2003 7th ASEAN + 3 Summit from October 4-8, 2003 in Bali. China’s effective emergence as the most aggressive new partner of ASEAN - it signed the ASEAN Treat of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) and is signaling its firm commitment to complete the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement on schedule by 2010. China wants bilateral trade with ASEAN to exceed US$100 billion by 2005 (which would challenge the level of Japan’s bilateral trade with ASEAN; US -ASEAN bilateral trade was $120 billion in 2003).

To view HE Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China’s, message to ASEAN, click here.

India is also moving fast to engage ASEAN, and was represented by its Prime Minister, foreign and trade ministers, and a strong business delegation. India is obviously competing with China to ensure its engagement with ASEAN is equivalent or ahead of its large neighbor to the northeast. India also signed the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, and is beginning exploratory discussions of an India ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

Japan’s role as the region’s top aid provider and second largest (after the US) investor. While China has seized the momentum with ASEAN, Japan is reminding ASEAN of its long, mature and mutually beneficial relations.

To view Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s remarks, click here.

For more highlights from the Summit, please click here.

Brunei Darussalam hosted the 2001 ASEAN Summit from November 6-8. The ministers reviewed proposals for greater East Asian economic integration, including an East Asia Free Trade Area, which would liberalize trade ahead of APEC's goals. The EASG is assessing the proposals, and is to issue a report at the 2002 ASEAN Summit in Cambodia.

On November 6, 2001, the ASEAN heads of government met separately with the leaders of China, Japan, and Korea. Agreements were reached in these discussions to strengthen cooperation between ASEAN and the northeast Asian countries, with the highlight being an agreement to establish an ASEAN-China Free Trade Area within 10 years "with special and differential treatment and flexibility to the newer ASEAN members." Leaders agreed to instruct ministers and senior officials to start negotiations right away. (The first round of discussions, held in Beijing on May 14, 2002, agreed to finalize an outline accord on the establishment of an ASEAN-China FTA by the end of the year).

In addition, China agreed to grant special preferential tariff treatment for some goods from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, and also offered US$5 million for Mekong River development.

The ASEAN Leaders' Meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi welcomed the establishment of a group of experts to study how ASEAN's economic partnership with Japan can be deepened, and agreed to give full support to this group. The joint statement said that Japan "was at the forefront of international efforts to help Southeast Asia adjust to the financial shocks of 1997," and expressed the hope that efforts to reform the Japanese economy would help reverse the economic downturn in the region and encourage new flows of Japanese investment towards Southeast Asia. ASEAN ministers also asked the Japanese Prime Minister to explore the possibility of setting up training and education institutions in various ASEAN countries.

ASEAN and Korea also discussed ways to broaden cooperation and enhance economic relations. ASEAN welcomed a $2 million Korean contribution to a special development fund, and invited Korea to participate in the ASEAN Mekong Basin Development Cooperation initiative. A copy of the Chairman's Statement from the ASEAN + 1 Summits can be found here

The ASEAN+3 has no formal Secretariat, as the meetings are coordinated by the host country. However, during a visit to Tokyo in late May 2002, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad raised the issue of the setting up of an ASEAN+3 secretariat in Malaysia, a proposal that Japan reportedly supported. Subsequently, the Malaysian foreign ministry announced that it would provide US$10 million in funding for the Secretariat. The proposal was discussed at the July 2002 ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meetings, but no agreement was reached.

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ASEAN +3 Finance Ministers Meetings

ASEAN finance ministers have met regularly with their +3 counterparts since 1997. Discussions have focused on financial sector cooperation, a surveillance process by which countries could provide early warnings where there are indications of impending financial sector turmoil, and on the Chiang Mai Initiative, a network of bilateral currency swap arrangements (BSAs) among the ASEAN countries, China, Japan, and Korea. The BSAs are intended to provide liquidity support to members in the event of temporary balance of payment difficulties. BSAs are intended to be complementary and supplementary to IMF facilities. The terms and modalities of the BSA would take into account the different economic fundamentals, specific circumstances and financing needs of individual countries.

The ASEAN + 3 Finance Ministers met again in May 2001 in Honolulu, on the sidelines of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) annual meeting. Discussions focused on enhancing policy dialogues and regional cooperation activities, particularly in the areas of regional self-help and support mechanisms, international financial reform and short-term capital flows monitoring. They agreed to exchange data on capital flows bilaterally among member countries on a voluntary basis. They discussed progress up to that point in implementing the Chiang Mai Initiative, and agreed to review the current main principles of the bilateral swap arrangement under the CMI in 2003.

In October 2001 and February 2001, China arranged for training courses on Economic Reforms and Development in China for the ASEAN + 3 Finance and Central Bank officials. In addition, Korea supported a working visit by ASEAN senior officials to Seoul in October 2000 and proposed training programs on financial and corporate restructuring for ASEAN Finance and Central Bank officials. In addition, in November 2000, Korea organized an international seminar on early warning system modeling and joint regional monitoring.

Japan also offered financial assistance to ASEAN members, through the ASEAN Secretariat, in the monitoring of capital flows in the region and the study of other appropriate mechanisms to promote financial stability.

At the May 2001 ASEAN + 3 Finance Ministers meeting, ministers agreed to continue to exchange views on the early warning systems and to work towards developing appropriate early warning system models for East Asian countries.

Recent Developments

During the April 2002 ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting, ASEAN finance ministers held talks with their counterparts from China, Japan, and Korea, and discussed expanding the network of regional BSAs. On May 10, they met again in Shanghai on May 10, 2002, on the sidelines of the annual Asian Development Bank Meeting. In a joint statement, the ministers expressed optimism that the global economy would gradually recover in 2002, and pledged to put greater effort toward expediting structural reforms, particularly to enhance the regulatory and supervisory framework, and measures to accelerate the pace of on-going financial and corporate sector restructuring. Their statement noted that under the Chiang Mai Initiative, BSAs have been completed between Japan-Korea, Japan-Thailand, Japan-the Philippines, Japan-Malaysia, China-Thailand, and China-Japan, with a combined size of US$ 17 billion. Negotiations on a number of other BSAs are at various stages.

For a copy of the joint statement from the May 2002 ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers Meeting, click here. For more on the Chiang Mai Initiative, the ASEAN Surveillance process, and other areas of ASEAN financial sector cooperation, click here.

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ASEAN + 3 Trade Ministers (AEM+3)

ASEAN ministers for trade and investment have met regularly with their Northeast Asian counterparts since 1999, when the ministers of trade, finance, and foreign affairs held an unprecedented meeting in November of that year, during the ASEAN Summit.

In their follow up meeting in October 2000 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the thirteen ministers agreed to focus on priority areas of cooperation, including strengthening efforts in accelerating trade, investment and technology transfer; encouraging technical cooperation in information technology and e-commerce; and, strengthening small and medium sized enterprises and supporting industries. The Ministers tasked Senior Economic Officials (SEOM) to come up with project proposals in those priority areas. Significantly, the ministers also agreed to institutionalize the AEM+3 and SEOM+3 process. For a copy of the statement from the October 2000 ASEAN+3 Economic Ministers Meeting, click here.

At their next meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on May 3-4, 2001, the ASEAN trade ministers and deputies, along with their +3 counterparts, endorsed six areas of future cooperation focusing on developing technology skills, small and medium enterprises, environmental protection and raising quality standards for products and services.

  • Strengthening the Competitiveness of ASEAN SMEs: To address the challenges and opportunities of globalization, the project would allow SMEs to establish SME networks and gain experience in technical and managerial skills to further enhance their productivity.
  • Training Program on Practical Technology for Environmental Protection: The project offers practical training in environmental protection, in particular on water pollution treatment.
  • Asian Common Skill Standard Initiative for IT Engineers: By adopting a common skill standard for IT engineers, countries would be in a better position to address the shortage of IT personnel. The project will allow countries to share information in setting such standards, in particular, the development of IT Engineer Examinations.
  • Conformity Assessment Development Program in Industrial Standards: The project will enhance the competency of countries' conformity assessment systems, especially in the areas of testing, inspection and quality/environment management, to ensure their products and services meet international standards. Such competency would also promote greater participation on the part of ASEAN and Northeast Asian countries in international mutual recognition arrangements.
  • Software Development in the Mekong Basin Project: Human resource development is crucial for countries in the Mekong Basin to continue to attract foreign direct investment and trade. The project offers courses on laws and practices pertaining to international trade and investment and English language training to further enhance human resources in the Mekong Basin.
  • ASEAN Satellite Image Archive and Environmental Study: One of the important challenges facing the region is the impact of rapid modernization and industrialization on the environment in areas such as deforestation, water quality, flooding, longer dry seasons, and public health. The project will allow countries to share existing resources in remote sensing and satellite image archives to study, manage and resolve these environmental problems.

Ministers also agreed to step up efforts to expand free trade links with the three Northeast Asian countries as well as with Australia and New Zealand. They expressed support for the launching of the new round of WTO negotiations, and for the acceleration of the WTO accession process for Cambodia, China, Laos and Viet Nam. They emphasized the need for a "balanced" agenda in order for the interests of developing countries to be taken into account in any new round of WTO negotiations. For a copy of the joint statement from this meeting, click here .

The September 2001 AEM +3 meetings were held in Hanoi, and to some extent were overshadowed by the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. In their joint statement, the ministers expressed concern that the strong economic growth in 2000 would not continue in 2001-2002 in view of the slow down in the US, EU and Japan (and subsequently, in light of the impact of the terrorist attacks). Ministers therefore reiterated their commitment to maintain outward looking policies to attract trade and investment and bolster economic growth and underlined the importance of continuing regional economic integration as a means to promote trade and investment flows. The Ministers supported the launch of a new round of WTO negotiations at Doha, and reiterated their concerns that developing countries' needs must be seriously considered and emphasized the need for more enhanced capacity building to assist implementation.

For a copy of the joint statement from the September 2001 AEM-Japan meeting, click here. For a copy of the statement from the AEM-China-Korea meeting, click here.

Recent Developments

The next AEM+3 meeting was held in Brunei Darussalam in September, 2002.

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ASEAN - China FTA

In a November 6, 2001 meeting between the ASEAN heads of government and the Chinese leadership, the leaders endorsed the establishment of an ASEAN-China Free Trade Area within 10 years "with special and differential treatment and flexibility to the newer ASEAN members," according to the communiqué issued afterward. Leaders agreed to instruct ministers and senior officials to start negotiations right away. In addition, China agreed to grant special preferential tariff treatment for some goods from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, and also offered $5 million for Mekong River development. An ASEAN-China experts group had been formed the previous year to study ways in which to enhance ASEAN-China relations and had been expected to recommend a free trade agreement in a study that was tabled at the November 2001 meeting, but most observers - including Japan -- were surprised at the speed with which the proposal was endorsed.

On May 14, 2002, senior economic officials from China and ASEAN agreed to conclude an outline accord on the establishment of an ASEAN-China free trade area by the end of 2002. The framework accord would serve as the legal blueprint for the agreement, and set down guidelines and principles for establishing a free trade area, which would take into account the different levels of development between ASEAN countries and China. Trade officials agreed to set up an ASEAN-China Trade Negotiating Committee to develop the proposed accord, which would be concluded prior to the ASEAN-China Summit in Cambodia in December 2002. (For a copy of the joint statement from the senior economic officials' meeting, click here).

While there is concern in ASEAN about the competition from China for investment and export markets, there is also a growing recognition that such a free trade area could bring significant economic benefits. According to the study prepared by the ASEAN-China experts group, such an agreement could boost ASEAN's exports to China by 48% and China's exports to ASEAN by 55%, would add a nearly a percentage point to ASEAN GDP, and add about one-third of a percentage point to China's GDP. (A copy of the report, entitled "Forging Closer ASEAN-China Economic Relations in the 21st Century" is available on the ASEAN Secretariat Web site. Click here for a copy)

Recent Developments

- Press reports in mid-August 2002 indicated that the ASEAN-China FTA framework agreement would be submitted for initial approval to the ASEAN and Chinese trade minsters during the annual AEM meetings in Brunei. Along with the Framework Agreement, an "early harvest" package, which would include tariff reductions on over a thousand agricultural and industrial goods, would also be submitted.

- At the 7th ASEAN+3 Summit held in Bali, Indonesia, October, 2003, China emerged as the most aggressive new partner of ASEAN - it signed the ASEAN Treat of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) and is signaling its firm commitment to complete the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement on schedule by 2010. China wants bilateral trade with ASEAN to exceed US$100 billion by 2005 (which would challenge the level of Japan’s bilateral trade with ASEAN; US -ASEAN bilateral trade was $120 billion in 2003).

ASEAN and China to start free trade initiative with special tariff cuts

Trade ministers of the ASEAN member nations met in Bali in December 2003 with their counterparts from China, Japan and South Korea. ASEAN and China agreed to go ahead with plans to establish the world's largest free trade area, in term of population, with a special round of tariff cuts.

China has agreed to grant ASEAN a three-year "early harvest" tariff program. Under this program, China will grant concessionary tariffs to ASEAN for a host of agricultural and manufactured goods from January next year. This comes ahead of an actual tariff-reduction pact under the ASEAN-China FTA.

ASEAN is reciprocating by giving tariff cuts under a "tariff harmonised system" for certain agricultural products, like meat, fish, fruit, vegetables and milk.

The FTA in goods will be established by 2010 for the six original ASEAN members, including Singapore, and five years later for the four newer members.

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ASEAN - Japan

The November 2001 ASEAN leaders' meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi welcomed the establishment of a group of experts to study how ASEAN's economic partnership with Japan can be deepened, and agreed to give full support to this group. The joint statement said that Japan "was at the forefront of international efforts to help Southeast Asia adjust to the financial shocks of 1997," and expressed the hope that efforts to reform the Japanese economy would help reverse the economic downturn in the region and encourage new flows of Japanese investment towards Southeast Asia.

Prime Minster Junichiro Koiziumi visited the ASEAN region in January 2002 with a set of vaguely-defined proposals for greater ASEAN-Japan economic integration. By that point, Japan had already completed negotiations on a free trade agreement with Singapore. In a policy address in Singapore on January 14, Prime Minister Koizumi called for closer economic and security ties between Japan and ASEAN. He said he believed the Free Trade Agreement signed with Singapore could serve as a model for the entire region. He acknowledged, however, similar deals could not be struck "overnight." "Japan wants to cooperate not only with Singapore, but with members of ASEAN in as wide-ranging a way as possible," Koizumi said. "But instead of trying to conclude pacts with a deadline, I think it is important to deepen cooperation in that direction (first)." In the speech, Koizumi proposed as a centerpiece to his plan an "Initiative for Japan-ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Partnership." Such a partnership would strengthen economic cooperation by going beyond trade and investment to such areas as science and technology, human resource development and tourism, he said. (a copy of this policy address is available here).

Economic experts from Japan and ASEAN met in Bangkok two weeks later to develop a policy framework to enhance Japan-ASEAN economic integration. The ASEAN-Japan expert group on Closer Economic Partnership (CEP) aimed not only to discuss trade liberalization in goods and services but also cooperation on investment, tourism, intellectual property and competition policy. According to press reports, Japanese officials said the ASEAN-Japan CEP scheme would resemble the Japan-Singapore New Age Partnership signed earlier in the month by Prime Minister Koizumi and Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. The group will submit a report and a recommendation paper to the ASEAN economic ministers and Japanese Trade and Industry Minister at the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) meeting in Brunei in September 2002.

Recent Developments

The Japanese and the 10 ASEAN Leaders have wrapped up their two-day ASEAN-Japan Summit on December 12, 2003. The Summit marks Japan's three decades of ties with ASEAN and is the first meeting of 10 ASEAN Leaders held in a non-member country. At the end of the summit, the leaders signed the Tokyo Declaration for the Dynamic and Enduring Japan-ASEAN Partnership in the New Millennium, and pledged the creation of an East Asian community to enhance cooperation. ASEAN would also work with its other dialogue partners -- China and South Korea -- to develop the East Asian community.

The leaders also signed the ASEAN-Japan Plan of Action, listing measures to implement the Tokyo Declaration. The Action Plan includes cooperation for reinforcing integration of ASEAN, cooperation for enhancing economic competitiveness of ASEAN and cooperation for addressing terrorism, piracy and other transnational issues. In the Action Plan, the leaders agreed to make every effort to start talks on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement in 2005 and aim to realize such pact, including elements of a free trade area, by 2012, by taking into account the economic levels and sensitive sectors in each country.

  • To read the ASEAN-Japan Plan of Action, click here

At the Summit, Japan promised to provide about US$3 billion in funds for projects in Southeast Asia over the next three years. This includes $1.5 billion to promote human-resources development programs and another $1.5 billion over three years for projects that aimed at the development of the Mekong River region. This will also assist in developing the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area.

Japan also declared its intention to sign the Treaty of Amity Cooperation (TAC) with ASEAN, after receiving parliamentary approval. China and India signed the TAC in October during the 9th ASEAN Summit in Bali.

Japan announced it would continue to earmark 30 percent of its foreign aid budget for ASEAN countries. Japan is ASEAN's number-two trading partner and investor, second only to the United States. ASEAN's annual trade with Japan was worth an estimated $123 billion last year.

PM Koizumi dismissed the perception that Japan hosted the summit because of concerns about China's growing political and economic influence in the ASEAN region. He said that China's rapid growth should be seen not as a threat but rather as an opportunity for Japan and the region.

PM Koizumi also met with the leaders of Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines on the sidelines of the Summit. PM Koizumi promised all three that he would open talks on free trade deals in early 2004. Japan has signed free trade agreement with Singapore, which has no farm exports. Japan fiercely protects its agricultural sector and has not committed to a timetable for that sector. By contrast, China has promised ASEAN to make progress on trade in farm goods in just two years. China and ASEAN are trying to finalize their own trade pact by 2010.

Aside from trade and investment issues, security was also discussed at the Summit. Japan and ASEAN discussed cooperation to prevent terror attacks. PM Koizumi also shared with the ASEAN leaders Japan's plan to send Japanese troops to Iraq to offer non-combat support to the U.S.-led reconstruction of Iraq.

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