| Summary/Abstract |
USE OF TRADE STATISTICS is a normal way to evaluate economic cooperation between nations. Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are the destination of 1.8% of Russian exports and the source of 3.9% of imports into Russia.* Russia is the recipient of 0.4% of the total exports of the ASEAN countries and the source of 1.4% of their total imports.1 At first sight, these are modest statistics. But do they accurately reflect the nature of economic relations between, and the interdependence of, Russia and ASEAN nations in today's globalized world?
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