ASEAN's total merchandise trade with China reached $346.5 billion (15.2% of ASEAN's trade), and the ACFTA accelerated the growth of direct investments from China and commercial cooperation. Description Amendments for the framework of the free trade area mostly concerned Vietnam. These amendments were designed to assist Vietnam lower tariffs and put forth dates as guidelines. The free trade agreement reduced tariffs on 7,881 product categories, or 90 percent of imported goods, to zero. This reduction took effect in China and the six original members of ASEAN: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. The remaining four countries were supposed to follow suit in 2015. Signatories Members of the ASEAN have a combined population of more than 650 million. Indonesia accounts for more than 40 percent of the region's population, and its people have voiced the greatest amount of opposition to the agreement. See also ASEAN Free Trade Area Chiang Mai Initiative Comprehensive Economic Partnership for East Asia Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (between ROC and PRC) List of free trade agreements ASEAN–India Free Trade Area (AIFTA) Bamboo network Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor Rules of Origin Market access Free-trade area China and Southeast Asia in the Xi Jinping Era References External links Documents on the ASEAN–China Free Trade Area ASEAN-China Free Trade Area Business Portal China's official CAFTA website Xinhua News Agency's CAFTA coverage China Asean Free Trade website Trade blocs Economy of Brunei Economy of Myanmar Economy of Cambodia Economy of Indonesia Economy of Laos Economy of Malaysia Economy of the Philippines Economy of Singapore Economy of Thailand Economy of Vietnam ASEAN 2010 introductions Free trade agreements of China 2010 in economics Free-trade areas Foreign trade of Singapore