Chen Hurng-yu, director of the Graduate Institute of Southeast Asian Studies at Tamkang University, points out that with rapid global economic development occurring after the end of the Cold War, ASEAN decided to speed up integration, establishing a ministerial-level council charged with reviewing progress in reducing import duties, which would meet once a year.
淡江大學東南亞研究所主任陳鴻瑜指出，冷戰結束後，全球貿易經濟加速發展，東協決定加快整合速度，成立常設理事會，每年定期開會，檢討關稅減讓的進度。