Question 20006 — foreign policy

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Mr Buon Tan questions the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs on relations between the European Union and ASEAN. Researchers, economists and political scientists agree that the nerve center of the world is shifting more and more towards the Asian continent. In people's minds, Asia's growth is mainly driven by China's economic performance. However, this is to eclipse an area that is still relatively unknown and whose issues are strategic for our country and for Europe: ASEAN. Founded in 1967, this alliance of South-East Asian countries sees its weight strengthened on the international scene each year. The area demonstrates model economic dynamism. With a cumulative GDP of $2.8 trillion in 2017, it now constitutes the fifth largest economic bloc in the world. Little by little, the great powers begin to consider it as a real major business partner. Let us note, however, that this growth is accompanied by a certain number of risks, notably the threat of a resurgence of protectionism vis-à-vis the two surrounding powers, India and China. Free trade zones are being created with Korea, Japan and China. The European Union has been a dialogue partner of ASEAN since 1977. But faced with the meteoric rise in power of the area, he asks how ASEAN is taken into account and managed within European bodies and more generally to detail the European strategy vis-à-vis ASEAN. He would also like to know the prospects for cooperation between the two zones.

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