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      "date": "2006-01-11",
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      "title": "East Asia Summit (EAS): Issues for Congress",
      "summary": "The first East Asia Summit (EAS) met on December 14, 2005, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It\nbrought together the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), [Brunei, Burma,\nCambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam] as well as the\n\"plus three\" states [China, South Korea, and Japan] and Australia, New Zealand, and India, to\ndiscuss issues of common concern. Japanese officials have described the EAS as an \"historic summit\nmeeting to be held with a view to establishing a future East Asia Community.\" (1)  Such a group could potentially replace Asia Pacific Economic\nCooperation (APEC) as the main multilateral forum in Asia on trade and investment liberalization\nand economic integration. Russia was invited to attend the EAS as a special guest. (2)  Some in the United States are concerned that the East Asia Summit\nmarks a rise in Asian regionalism in which the United States is not playing a leading role. There is\nalso concern that China may use the East Asia Summit to consolidate a leading role in Asia. A key\noutcome of the first East Asia Summit is that ASEAN appears to have retained a central role in the\nprocess. This report will be updated as circumstances warrant.\n \n   \n  1.  Embassy of Japan, \"General Information on the East Asia\nSummit,\" December 7, 2005.\n  2.  \"ASEAN to Invite Russia as \"Special Guest\" to EAS,\"  Jiji\nPress , November 29, 2005.",
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