SOUTH ASIA

The topic was so appropiate for this time bacuse the region copntains four of the five tigers and because it covers to India and Auystralia as examples of succesful economies.

These are the south asia countries:

¡Mainland Countries:

§Cambodia

§Laos

§Myanmar

§Thailand

§Vietnam

¡Maritime Countries:

§Brunei

§East Timor

§Indonesia

§Malaysia

§Philippines

§Singapore

§Hong Kong

§Taiwan

Among the common treads they talked  about:

§Confucianism

§Buddhism

§Taoism

§China or a strong Chinese expatriate community

§Status

§Karma

The question:

How possible could be a free trade agreement between South east Asian countries?

it cpuld represent a huge trade tie among these coun tries reaching US$260 billion in income

In the last years the nations passed from maintaining a kind of isolation to construct a cooperation in trade esentially

One example of the most succesful countries is India with possitive effects in nations sucha as Srilanka, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Reference: 

East, South Asia Free-Trade Deal Could Generate $260 Billion in Extra Income. (2009, May 13). M2PressWIRE, Retrieved May 14, 2009, from Newspaper Source database.