MASYARAKAT EKONOMI ASEAN: HARAPAN DAN TANTANGAN BAGAIMANA DAYA SAING INDONESIA DI ASEAN

Abstract

Asean Economic Community (AEC) was officially started on 31
December 2015. The objectives of AEC were to integrate diversity of
Asean economy into a single market with 625 million people of
inhabitant. AEC is expected to be a new market force in Asean and
improve economic development of Asean member countries. AEC will
allow a free movement of goods and services, skilled labors and flow of
capital in Asean countries. However, implementation of the AEC
framework is not an easy task; Trade policies, mobility of workers,
diversity on politic, social, and economy including rapid growth of
economic development in China are some challenges to fully integrate
Asean countries in a single market of AEC. For Indonesia, AEC provides
opportunities to enhance export of goods and services in Asean
countries. Therefore competitiveness of Indonesian products in the AEC
market should be improved. Based upon components of competitivess
reported by World Economic Forum (2014), Indonesia was in the top 5
among Asean member countries, except competitiveness on efficiency in
labor market that was in the lowest position.