In fact, East Asian countries are unlikely to move toward a regional fixed exchange-rate system or a monetary union with a single currency in the immediate future, owing to the region’s great diversity in terms of economic and political conditions. Perhaps, in a few decades, the region’s countries will develop institutions to promote financial integration, such as a single bank supervisory agency of the type that the European Union is now creating.
事实上，由于东亚地区内部的经济和政治状况存在着极大的差异，因此各国都不太愿意在短期内向一个区域性的固定汇率体系或者单一货币联盟推进。或许在几十年后该地区的国家会发展出一套推进财政一体化的体制，例如类似欧盟现在正在创设的那种单一银行监管机构。