JAKARTA, April 29 -- ASEAN launched the Report of the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint 2025 online on 28 April. The MTR offers assessment of the first phase of implementation of the Blueprint, as mandated by the AEC Council and guided by the High-Level Task Force for ASEAN Economic Integration (HLTF-EI).
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi underlined the critical importance of the MTR (Report) in progressing the work of AEC towards 2025 and beyond. He emphasised the value of the lessons learned and the recommendations put forward by the Report in informing future actions of ASEAN to economic integration and in responding to the challenges of an increasingly complex environment that we now live ...