We intend that the second phase will be completed in twelve months, such that the full Code can be published in May 2017. One factor influencing our choice of which topics to cover in the first phase was our assessment of what issues the market was looking for clarity on sooner rather than later.
It also aims to elicit stronger consensus in fostering deeper regional integration as a critical strategy to reduce external vulnerabilities and sustain our standing as an economic powerhouse in the new world order. Asia’s Economic Emergence The seminar’s theme, “Asia’s emergence in the new world order: growth, integration and resilience” invokes some feelings of nostalgia.