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The White House	28 October 2002	"The United States believes that a strong US-ASEAN relationship is a force for stability and development in the Southeast Asian region. The Enterprise for Asean Initiative will enhance already close US ties with ASEAN. The EAI offers the prospect of bilateral free-trade agreements between the US and ASEAN countries that are committed to economic reforms and openess. The goal is to create a network of bilateral FTAs which will increase trade and investment tying more closeley together our economies and our futures."
Singapore High Commissioner K. Kesavapany	14 August 2002 "Will Singapore's FTAs affect the ASEAN Free Trade Area", NCC, Kuala Lumpur New Straits Times	For instance in ASEAN, when it comes to the services sector, Malaysia and Singapore can open up more but other countries are not able to. So, do we just sit tight until the rest catch up, which we don't know for how long, or do we go forward and try to find ways and means of bringing the rest of ASEAN countries to participate

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