Asia-Europe Meeting

The objectives of the subject “Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)” are the following:

1. To understand the aims of the Asia-Europe Meeting
2. To know the ASEM working areas
3. To analyse the ASEM trade facilitation programs

Description: Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).

The Asia-Europe Meeting addresses political, economic, and cultural topics, with the objective of strengthening the economic relations between the Asian Countries and Europe.

ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) is an informal dialogue and cooperation process bringing together twenty-eight member economies of the European Union (UE) with nineteen Asian Countries and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat.

The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) members are Australia, Austria, ASEAN Secretariat, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kazakhstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam.

The Asia-Europe Meeting Headquarters are in Singapore.

Topics discussed at the Summits of the Asia-Europe Meeting include:

1. Trade Facilitation and international trade security and development
2. Regionalism and multilateralism
3. Information and communication technology (ICT) Liberalisation
4. Foreign direct investment (FDI)

At the global level, the Asia-Europe Meeting cooperates with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) and the World Trade Organisation (Regional Trade Agreements).

The only institution in the Asia-Europe Meeting is the Asia-Europe Foundation, a global not-for-profit foundation, responsible for promoting the cultural, intellectual and people-to-people contacts between the Asian Countries end Europe.

In the ASEM countries they are virtually all the largest religions of the World (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism...)

The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) belongs to the economic areas of the Sinic-Buddhist Civilisation, Hindu Civilisation, Western Civilisation and Islamic Civilisation.