Artikel Ekonomi, Bisnis
The 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) will surpass the EU in growth once its economies have been integrated, the World Economic Forum in Jakarta has heard. Malaysia's international trade and industry minister, Mustapa Mohamed, told the forum that in the next decade, Asean would grow by 5% a year. Meanwhile, the EU would grow less than 2% a year, he said. As a result, Asean would overtake it in 10 to 15 years' time. The bloc is being touted as the world's seventh largest economy once it is unified. It had a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of more than $2.4tn (£1.6tn) in 2013, according to consultancy AT Kearney. That compares with 13tn euros (£9.4tn) for the EU in the same period. But with a population of more than 600 million, Mr Mohamed said, the region's youthful population gave it a significant edge over Europe's ageing one. "What we need to do in Asean is to grow much faster, so we get there much faster, we ...