President Clinton's failure to attend the 1995 Osaka summit was seen as a severe discourtesy by East Asians, who value "face." This "showed that the US just wants to be top dog," but doesn't really respect East Asian countries. Therefore ASEAN quickened the pace of its drive to "create ties with Europe as a counterweight to the USA."
一九九五年的大阪高峰會柯林頓總統不克與會，這在重顏面的東方人眼中嚴重失禮，「顯示美國只想當老大」，沒有把東亞國家真正放在眼中，因此東協加速了「聯歐制美」的行動。