The Third EAS Economic Ministers’ Meeting was held on August 24, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Third EAS Economic Ministers’ Meeting was held on August 24, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The participants of the meeting discussed the regional development issues, trade and investment relations. They noted that the combined GDP of the EAS participating countries stood at USD 42.0 trillion in 2014, an increase from USD 40.5 trillion in 2013.
The Ministers noted that ASEAN's total trade with the non‐ASEAN EAS countries grew by 1.1 per cent year-on-year to USD 1.1 trillion in 2014.
Press-release at the official ASEAN web-site
Full text of the Joint Statement