期刊名称：Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations
出版年度：2007
卷号：VIII
期号：2
出版社：John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations
摘要：Few would dispute Asia¡¯s growing economic importance in the 21st century.While
China and India have held the spotlight recently, their rise may not constitute the
region¡¯s most important economic shift. Japan is still by far the richest economy;
while South Korea¡¯s formidable industries are the envy of many. Furthermore, the
ten-country coalition that makes up the Association for Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) boasts such economic dynamos as Singapore and Malaysia. Together,
China, Japan, South Korea, and ASEAN (commonly referred to as ASEAN+3)
account for 20 percent of global output, nearly 20 percent of global trade, and hold
well over 50 percent of the world¡¯s international monetary reserves. Moreover, the
region is ripe for growth. It accounted for 31.4 percent of the world¡¯s population in
2005 (more than Europe and the Americas combined) and the IMF¡¯s 2008¨C2011
outlook figure clocked growth at 7.9 percent for Asia, dwarfing the 2.5 percent for
major developed countries. How would the world¡¯s economic landscape shift if these
thirteen countries were to join together in some form of economic union? More
importantly, how should the United States respond to such an event? It is a question
the US needs to answer today.
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