Will 2025 be the final deadline for the AEC?
By Jayant Menon, Anna Cassandra Melendez on Monday, 24 July 2017
The ASEAN Economic Community’s 2025 blueprint addresses many gaps, but uncertainties remain ahead of the deadline.
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