THE ongoing talks between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and its economic partners under the aegis of the Asean +6 could help consolidate the region’s gross domestic products (GDP) estimated at $22.4 trillion, equivalent to a quarter of the world’s annual GDP.

“An integrated market of more than three billion people, a combined GDP of about $22.4 trillion, which is almost one-fourth of the world’s current annual GDP,” Senen Perlada, director of the Bureau of Export Trade Promotions said on Wednesday.

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