01060pab a2200157 454500 180718b2005 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Cheow, Eric Teo Chu Strategic relevance of Asian economic integration 2005 p.3960-967. 3 Sep The 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. Economic integration Economic and Political Weekly 66899 66899 66899 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 40, Issue no: 36 AR67355 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR