With its ten member states, this association, founded in 1967, now has a population of 650 million inhabitants, more than the 450 million of the European Union. In 2018, the combined GDP of the ASEAN has been $3 trillion, compared with $16 trillion for the European Union. The gap remains significant, but the economic growth experienced by the region has been very rapid in recent years: in 2000, the combined GDP of the 10 ASEAN member countries represented only $600 billion, so it has grown five times in less than 20 years... A very rapid economic growth The ASEAN countries have benefited in particular from the growing desire of many economic actors, whether Chinese or Western, to find places...
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