Comments by Sisira Jayasuriya, on Markets Matter: The Potential of Intra-Regional Trade in ASEAN and Its Implications for Asian Regionalism.

The author comments on the paper "Markets Matter: The Potential of Intra-Regional Trade in ASEAN and Its Implications for Asian Regionalism" by Lurong Chen, Philippe De Lombaerde and Ludo Cuyvers. She investigates the potential for further deepening the economic integration in the region. She also assesses the potential of ASEAN to export more to the regional market and the importance of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to ASEAN.