At summit, EU announces €10 billion package but frustrated Asean leaders seek trade pact

Asean members want a free-trade deal with Europe rather than handouts, and do not want to be a pawn in great-power rivalries, its leaders said in Brussels during the summit between the two sides.

After the first-ever leaders summit between the Association of South-East Asian Nations and the European Union concluded, the Asian side left complaining that talks concerning a bloc-to-bloc trade deal were no closer to being relaunched.