Forum reviews ASEAN electronics sector’s integration
Businesses
of Vietnam and other ASEAN-member countries reviewed and
assessed the implementation of the bloc’s integration roadmap in the
electrical/electronics industry.
Over the past six years of
development, electricity and electronics has been one of 12 prioritised
sectors for regional integration, said Le Quang Tan, head of the
Vietnamese delegation of Senior Economic Officials (SEOM) and Deputy
Director of Multilateral Trade Policy Department.
The industry
has grown steadily, attracting large amount of investment and skilled
workers, and contributing one-fifth of the ASEAN’s total export value,
he said.
In this regard, he affirmed the need to establish a
common market for the regional electrical/electronics industry as well
as common production for cooperation and development of all ASEAN
members
Subash Pillai, Director of the ASEAN Secretariat’s
Market Integration Directorate, called on regional countries to remove
trade barriers and non-tariff policies.
Also at the forum,
participants discussed issues relating to ASEAN’s free trade and
competitiveness in East Asia, investment attraction in electronics,
development of supporting industry and human resources, and expansion of
production networks.
The proposals and recommendations raised
at the event will be submitted to the ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting
scheduled for February in Laos. /.