1. ASEAN Economic Community and Cambodian Entrepreneurs
Vannarith Chheang
Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace

2. Single Market and Production Base
Free flow of goods
Tariff and non-tariff barriers
Rules of origin (ROO)
Trade facilitation
Customs integration
ASEAN Single Window

3. Free flow of services
Four priority services sectors: air transport, e-ASEAN, healthcare and tourism
Mutual recognition arrangements (MRAs)
Strengthen human resource development and capacity
Financial services sector

4. Free flow of investment
Free and open investment regime
Framework Agreement on the ASEAN Investment Area (AIA)
ASEAN Investment Guarantee Agreement

5. Freer flow of capital
Achieve greater harmonization in capital market standards
Facilitate mutual recognition arrangement or agreement
Allowing greater capital mobility

6. Free flow of skilled labor
Enhance cooperation among ASEAN University Network members
Qualification
Research capabilities

7. Priority integration sectors
Food, agriculture and forestry
- Enhance intra- and extra-ASEAN trade and long-term competitiveness of ASEAN’s food, agriculture and forestry products/commodities.

8. Competitive Economic Region
Competition policy
Foster the culture of fair competition
Consumer protection
Intellectual property rights
Infrastructure development
-Transport cooperation
- ASEAN Transport Action Plan: maritime, land, and air transport, transport facilitation

9. Taxation
Complete the network of bilateral agreements on avoidance of double taxation among all Member Countries to the extent possible
E-Commerce
E-commerce within ASEAN
E-ASEAN framework agreement

10. Equitable Economic Development
SME Development
The ASEAN Policy Blueprint for SME Development (APBSD)
Access to information, market, human resource development and skills, finance, technology
Strengthen the resilience of ASEAN SMEs
Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI)

11. Integration into the Global Economy
coherent approach towards external economic relations
Enhanced participation in global supply networks

12. Challenges for Cambodian Entrepreneurs
Play at the regional level
Capacity
Technology
Finance
Networking and information
Research and development
Public-private partnership

13. Opportunities
Competition brings more quality and long term development
Better access to market and information
Investment and technology transfer
Knowledge based economy
Component industries/suppliers
Part of regional production network