ASEAN PRIORITY INTEGRATION SECTORS It is a commitment of all ASEAN Leaders to transform ASEAN into a stable, prosperous, and highly

competitive region with equitable economic development, and reduced poverty and socio-economic disparities. With this in mind, ASEAN Leaders committed themselves into the development of ASEAN Economic Community as the goal of regional economic integration by 2020. At the ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, August 2006, the development of ASEAN Economic Community was moved forward to 2015. This decision was then supported by signing of Cebu Declaration on the Acceleration of the Establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015. The ASEAN Economic Community envisages four key characteristics: (a) a single market and production base, (b) a highly competitive economic region, (c) a region of equitable economic development, (d) a region fully integrated into the global economy. These four characteristics are inter-related and mutually reinforcing. Further, an ASEAN single market and production base comprise five core elements: free flow of goods, free flow of services, free flow of investment, freer flow of capital, and free flow of skilled labour. The two important components of single market and production base are priority integration sectors (PIS), and food, agriculture, and forestry. The ASEAN Framework Agreement for the Integration of Priority Sectors was signed on November 29, 2004, in Vientiane, Lao PDR. There are 11 sectors listed in the agreement: agro-based products, air travel, automotive, e-asean, electronics, fisheries, healthcare, rubber-based products, textiles and apparels, tourism, and wood-based products. Logistic service was later on added to the list. PISs were decided as a catalyst for the overall ASEAN economic integration. Each priority integration sector has a roadmap, which combines specific initiatives of the sector and the broad initiatives that cut across all sectors such as trade facilitation measures. Imagine that the ASEAN Framework Agreement for the Integration of Priority Sectors has not been decided. Imagine that you are representing your country in a meeting tasked to decide on the priority integration sectors that are to be implemented by ASEAN Member States. Your responsibility is to look after the interests of your country, taking into account the previously agreed commitment to establish an integrated economic region in Southeast Asia. --- @@@----

COUNTRIES POSITION Brunei Darussalam Supports air travel, e-asean, and healthcare; but rejects tourism. Cambodia Supports agro-based products and wood-based products; but rejects textiles and apparels. Indonesia Supports automotive, electronics, and rubber-based products; but rejects air travel and healthcare. The Philippines Supports tourism, e-asean and electronics but rejects agro-based products, automotives, and fisheries. Lao PDR Supports agro-based products and tourism; but rejects wood-based products, rubberbased products, and textiles and apparels. Malaysia Supports e-asean, healthcare, and tourism; but rejects rubber-based products and electronics. Myanmar Supports rubber-based products and fisheries; but rejects agro-based products, and textiles and apparels. Singapore Supports e-asean and air travel; but rejects tourism and healthcare. Thailand Supports agro-based products, automotives, and rubber-based products; but rejects fisheries and healthcare. Vietnam Supports rubber-based products and electronics; but rejects air travel, automotives, and textiles and apparels. --- @@@----