Which countries make up the ASEAN-plus-three nations?
From Wikipedia: Members: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Japan, South Korea. ASEAN Plus Three is a forum that functions as a coordinator of cooperation between Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the three East Asian nations of China, Japan, and South Korea. The first leaders’ meeting was held in 1997 and the group’s significance and importance was strengthened by the Asian Financial Crisis. The grouping was institutionalised by 1999. More recently however there has been the suggestion that the significance of the grouping is being eclipsed by the East Asia Summit (EAS) but that is by no means certain given the current embryonic state of the EAS. ASEAN Plus Three in establishing the Chiang Mai Initiative has been credited as forming the basis for financial stability in Asia, the lack of such stability being a contributing factor to the Asian Financial Crisis. The Asian Currency Unit (ACU) is a proposed weigh
ASEAN Plus Three is a forum that functions as a coordinator of cooperation between Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the three East Asian nations of China, Japan, and South Korea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN_Free_Trade_Area Member Countries 1. Brunei Darussalam 2. Cambodia 3. Indonesia 4.Laos 5.Malaysia 6. Myanmar 7. Philippines 8. Singapore 9. Thailand 10. VietNam http://www.aseansec.org/74.htm Sources: http://www.aseansec.org/74.
