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To Cite this Article: King, C. W. K., Liew, V. K.-S., & Arip, M. A. (2020). The Effects of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint Adoption on Intra-ASEAN Trade on Manufacturing Products. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(2), 680–690.
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