The ASEAN economic community and beyond [electronic resource] : myths and realities. / Das, Sanchita Basu.

The ASEAN economic community and beyond: myths and realities -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction: The ASEAN Economic Community and Beyond -- Part I: The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) -- 2. The Asean Economic Community: An Economic and Strategic Project -- 3. Can The Asean Economic Community be Achieved BY 2015? -- 4. Goods to Flow Slow and Steady Within the Asean Economic Community -- 5. The Limited Impact of the Asean Economic Community on Skilled Labour Migration -- 6. Five Facts About the Asean Economic Community -- 7. Growing Economic Diplomacy in Asean: Opportunities and Threats -- 8. Towards Asean Economic Community 2025! -- Part II: Beyond the Asean Economic Community -- 9. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Going Beyond Asean+1 FTAs -- 10. Comparing Asean+1 FTAs for an Effective RCEP -- 11. Challenges in Negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement -- 12. The Next Decade in Asean-U.S. Economic Relations -- 13. RCEP and TPP: Comparisons and Concerns -- 14. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Economic and Strategic Implications for the Asia-Pacific -- 15. The Trans-Pacific Partnership as a Tool to Contain China: Myth or Reality? -- 16. RCEP and TPP: Can They Converge into an FTAAP? -- 17. Is Apec's Relevance Fading? -- Part III: An Asean Perspective of Regional Connectivity -- 18. Promoting Asia's Infrastructure for Regional Trade and Investment -- 19. Addressing Infrastructure Financing in Asia -- 20. Apec and Asean Connectivity: Areas of Mutual Interest and Prospects of Cooperation -- 21. China's Three-Pronged Strategy on Regional Connectivity -- 22. Can the China-Led Aiib Support the Asean Connectivity Master Plan? -- Appendix: Summary of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement -- Index -- About the Author