Published 9 Jan 2026
Author: Miguel Jaime Encarnacion
Miguel Jaime Encarnacion examines the goals, challenges and opportunities faced by micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) through principal ASEAN economic instruments, assessments, and domestic policies.
The ASEAN Community Vision 2045 reaffirms the ASEAN Member States’ (AMS) commitment to building a “resilient, innovative, dynamic, people-centred” ASEAN. A key component of this agenda is the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Strategic Plan 2026 – 2030 (AEC Strategic Plan), which succeeds the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 (2025 Blueprint). The AEC Strategic Plan focuses on short-term priority measures to further realise a seamless ASEAN single market, promote intra-bloc economic cooperation and enable its timely review.
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