Chelliah says APEC members have been studying how the European Union expanded its free trade area, as well as the ASEAN Australia-New Zealand trade agreement and the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership.
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So I think the thing to watch at the U.S.-ASEAN Summit is that area: What concrete areas have expanded economic and trade engagement they can agree to, and in what respects are they able to push forward practical programs in terms of education and people-to-people ties.