01009pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002400040245005400064260000900118300001600127362001000143520066300153650002500816773003400841180718b2005   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aCheow, Eric Teo Chu  aStrategic relevance of Asian economic integration  c2005  ap.3960-967.  a3 Sep  aThe de facto creation of an Asian economic community appears to be already in the works though what is critically needed is political will and a real sense of community and commonality in east Asia. Three strategic models for more intensified economic and monetary cooperation between ASEAN+3 and India are presented in this paper. Either an interwining web of free trade agreements consolidating an ASEAN+3 FTA, or a Japanese investment-led model, or a China/India inspired east Asian growth and consolidation model could be used to effectively integrate the region, though unlike Europe, the model would be more functional than institutional. - Reproduced.  aEconomic integration  aEconomic and Political Weekly