ASEAN

“For the record, this was not our understanding … we did not realize [this] would be translated into an ASEAN consensus,” he said.

Washington used to tell ASEAN, if we are going to talk, Myanmar has to leave the room.

It is about ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations, of which Burma is a member].

No wonder that China, Japan, India, and the European Union have all lined up to create free trade pacts with ASEAN.