The East Asia Summit and APEC Leaders’ Meeting. The following is the address of our secure site where you can anonymously upload your documents to WikiLeaks editors. [24] ASEAN gave its support to the Japanese proposal to research the proposed EAFTA. [7][8][9][10] Japan, the promoter of the concept, described it as an "East Asia OECD". http://rpzgejae7cxxst5vysqsijblti4duzn3kjsmn43ddi2l3jblhk4a44id.onion (, Copy this address into your Tor browser. a fund of US$80 million to $100 million to initiate a comprehensive economic partnership (CEP) with East Asia, modelled on the OECD; an East Asian Free Trade Agreement (EAFTA) between the EAS members. The East Asia Summit took place during the 11 th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur from 12-14 December. There are six priority areas of regional cooperation within the framework of the EAS. [19][20] As has Malaysia. [11] Initially this was linked with a timetable for discussions to commence in 2008 and to conclude in 2010, which met with some scepticism.[12][13]. [22] Indonesia gave guarded support to the proposal,[23] linking it with the proposed East Asian Community and Asian Values. This report was obtained by Wikileaks staff from CRS computers accessible only from Congressional offices. Our submission system works hard to preserve your anonymity, but we recommend you also take some of your own precautions. The centrality of the United States is now being challenged by renewed regionalism in Asia and by China’s rising influence. [6], Nevertheless, even after the meeting of the EAS Foreign Ministers Japan appeared keen to continue to discuss the idea in terms of a Free Trade Agreement between the members of the EAS. In order to use the WikiLeaks public submission system as detailed above you can download the Tor Browser Bundle, which is a Firefox-like browser available for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux and pre-configured to connect using the anonymising system Tor. If you are at high risk and you have the capacity to do so, you can also access the submission system through a secure operating system called Tails. East Asian Summit Page 2 of 53 INTRODUCTION TO COMMITTEE The East Asia Summit (EAS) is an annual regional forum aimed to forward economic prosperity, and regional integration in East Asia. If you used flash media to store sensitive data, it is important to destroy the media. Regionalism in Asia as Disguised Multilateralism: A Critical Analysis of the East Asia Summit and the Trans-Pacific Partnership David Camroux The International Spectator [38] The US is aggressively coming out against such a move concerned about a line down the middle of the Pacific while Asian economies are concerned about the US's ability to deliver a broad based FTA.[39]. Nikai's successor has pursued the Nikai initiative - Comprehensive Economic Partnership for East Asia (CEPEA). For press enquiries, consult our media kit. United States Congressional Research Service. [30] The difficulties with the ASEAN - India FTA does not augur well for a larger FTA. WE, the Heads of State/Government of the Member Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Australia, People's Republic of China, Republic of India, Japan, Republic of Korea and New Zealand, on the occasion of the historic First East Asia Summit on 14 December 2005 in Kuala … President Donald Trump will join leaders from around the Pacific Rim at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting in Santiago, Chile this November 16 and 17. By August 2006 this had been refined to a Japanese proposal[9] championed by Japanese Trade Minister Toshihiro Nikai consisting of: Responses were mixed.