Southeast Asia Friendship and Economic Treaty
| Southeast Asia Friendship and Economic Treaty | |
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| Type | Unratified treaty |
| Amendment | Bangkok Declaration (1961) |
| Expiration | 31 July 1961 |
| Ratifiers | 2 / 6
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| Depositary | Malaysia |
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| History of ASEAN |
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The Southeast Asia Friendship and Economic Treaty (SEAFET) was an unratified international treaty intended to create a economic grouping consisting of Southeast Asian states. It was proposed by Tunku Abdul Rahman as an independent economic regional organization, however as failures of its ineffectiveness would later become a de-facto arm of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) in the matters of economic cooperation. The treaty would later be repurposed to create the Association of Southeast Asia (ASA), the precursor of ASEAN.