In the analysis of Tu Chaw-hsia, the deputy director of the Taiwan WTO Center of the Chung Hwa Institution for Economic Research, because ASEAN has proceeded with economic integration under the principle of non-interference, its nations, apart from pushing trade, have not touched on issues like currency or interest rates. Consequently, deeply rooted integration like the European Union's is still impossible.
中華經濟研究院台灣 WTO 中心副執行長杜巧霞分析，由於東協在「不干涉主權」的原則下進行經濟整合，因此除了貿易自由化、加強商業便捷化外，難以觸及諸如貨幣、利率等制度調整，因此無法達成像歐盟一樣的深度整合。