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Abstract: "In recent years, ASEAN has been accelerating its efforts to establish the ASEAN Economic
Community (AEC) by 2015. As a member of ASEAN, Myanmar has a mandate to implement a
number of policy reforms, as agreed to in the AEC Blueprint. Key reforms include trade
liberalization and facilitation in accordance with the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement
(ATIGA), investment liberalization and facilitation as set forth under the ASEAN
Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA), services liberalization to comply with the terms
of ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS), infrastructure development in support
of projects such as the ASEAN Highway Network (AHN) and Singapore-Kunming Rail Link
(SKRL), and so on. At the same time, since the inauguration of the Thein Sein administration in
March 2011, Myanmar has been transforming itself to a democratic country with more liberal
economic policies including the elimination of dual exchange rates and the introduction of the
new foreign investment law. Both of these regional and domestic efforts are critical for
Myanmar to seize the moment to capture the benefits of being a fully-integrated member of a
regional and global economic community..."
Source/publisher:
Bangkok Research Center (IDE-Jetro) Research Report No. 10
Date of Publication:
2013-00-00
Date of entry:
2015-09-25
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English
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