Asia to create their own EU

The world is evolving in to different power blocks. Are UKIP are on the wrong side of history.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8323742.stm

BBC wrote:

Asian leaders meeting in Thailand are discussing plans to "lead the world" by forming an EU-style community by 2015.

Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama argued nations should take advantage of the region's more rapid recovery from the recession than the West.

"It would be meaningful for us to have the aspiration that East Asia is going to lead the world," he said.

It should start off as a NAFTA free trade zone, but will it develop a more political side like the EU.

Its easy to think free trade at first, but at the end of the day, its all about self interest. I think they are fed up of the west running the world and telling them what to do all the time. If they combine their power, they could seriously challenge the dominance of the west.

BBC wrote:

The community would involve the 10-members of Asean with regional partners China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand, Japanese officials have said.

Officials said the East Asian nations would carry out a feasibility study for a huge free trade zone.

But there was debate at the summit over whether the community would also include the United States.

Increased integration has been a recurring theme of the meetings in Thailand, as the region seeks to capitalise on its recovery from financial turmoil.

Interestingly their is some stuff on human rights too. May be an issue for China and Burma.