在七十年代,发展速度相当高并成为工业品和设备的较大进口国的东盟国家,处于主要帝国主义国家特别是美国政治经济利益的中心。从与东盟国家的贸易流转额来看,美国在日本之后居于第二位。在七十年代至八十年代初,美国成功地巩固了自己在东盟国家对外贸易中 In the seventies, the ASEAN countries, which grew quite rapidly and became the major importers of industrial products and equipment, were at the center of the major imperialist countries, especially the political and economic interests of the United States. From the trade flow with ASEAN countries, the United States ranks second behind Japan. From the 1970s to the early 1980s, the United States succeeded in consolidating its foreign trade with ASEAN countries