中国-东盟自由贸易区建设已全面启动,但我们也不能忽略了东亚区域经贸合作,该合作在企业层面取得的进展已经具备相当的基础,相互贸易从1985～2003年间增长了7.8倍。东亚地区中日韩、我港澳台和东盟十国合计人口20亿,GDP超过7.44万亿美元,足以与北美、欧盟经济圈相匹敌,东亚地区建立自由贸易圈在经济上已经可行。然而,影响区域经济合作因素往往还 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area has started its construction in an all-round way. However, we can not ignore the economic and trade cooperation in East Asia. The progress achieved at the enterprise level has been well established and the mutual trade increased by 7.8 times from 1985 to 2003. East Asia, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Maucao and ASEAN together have a total population of 2 billion and a GDP of more than 7.44 trillion U.S. dollars, which is enough to rival North American and European Union economic circles. It is economically feasible to set up a free trade zone in East Asia. However, the factors that affect regional economic cooperation are often still