
At a seminar yesterday entitled "Moving East Asia Forward" hosted by Yomiuri International Economic Society and Nation Multimedia Group at Dusit Thani Hotel, panelists shared the same views, saying that the financial crisis in the regional should be solved by members' cooperation.
One of the successful cooperation includes the Chiang Mai Initiative's bilateral currency swap agreement under which a country faces financial crisis can draw financial from members. So far, the 16 Asian members have already done swap agreement by US$83 billion. - The Nation
Achara Pongvutitham