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ASEAN-Australia Special Summit will aid deeper ties

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: ASEAN/AUSTRALIA
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Australia ASEAN AP Brunei Cambodia China India Indonesia Japan Laos Malaysia Myanmar New Zealand Philippines Singapore South Korea Thailand United States Vietnam ASEAN/AUSTRALIA

Topical: international relations foreign investment foreign policy foreign trade security terrorism border conflict education election ethnic judicial narcotics opposition religion shipping
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2018), "ASEAN-Australia Special Summit will aid deeper ties", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB230567

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Significance

They also pledged to work towards finalising the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a long-delayed accord with close trading partners.

Impacts

Human rights will be an obstacle to Australia building relations with ASEAN countries, though progress towards consensus is likely.
Indonesia appears to back Australian membership of ASEAN, though Australia is far off joining.
The summit should boost Australia-ASEAN economic relations.

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