MANILA: South-East Asia is unlikely to hit a target of integrating its 10 economies by 2015, but the group has much potential to be a trading hub for Asia once it fully creates an economic community, the Philippines’ finance chief said.
Members of Asean must accelerate creation of common customs procedures and harmonise its rules to further strengthen intra-regional trade, Cesar Purisima told the Reuters Asean Summit. – Reuters
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