EAST ASIA SUMMIT

Rodriguez, Mary Grace D.JD 2A

What is East Asia Summit? The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a forum

held annually by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East Asian and South East Asian region. Membership expanded to 18 countries including the United States and Russia at the Sixth EAS in 2011. EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders’ meetings. The first summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 December 2005.

Member States Australia Brunei Cambodia China India Indonesia Japan Laos Malaysia Myanmar

Member States New Zealand Philippines Russia Singapore South Korea Thailand United States Vietnam

Trade and the Comprehensive Economic Partnership in East Asia

On the Second EAS: We welcomed ASEAN's efforts towards

further integration and community building, and reaffirmed our resolve to work closely together in narrowing development gaps in our region.

Potential future members

East Timor is a candidate ASEAN member seeking membership within five years (from 2006) and Papua New Guinea has shown intention to join presumably new members of ASEAN would also join the EAS