The AEC is supposed to help increase cross-border trade and travel.

东盟经济共同体有望帮助促进跨境贸易和旅行。

Some critics say the AEC will mainly help businesses, not the majority of people in Southeast Asia.

一些批评人士表示，东盟经济共同体将主要帮助企业，而不是东南亚的大多数人口。

But, the AEC may have only limited influence on business activity when it comes into being next year.

但是，东盟经济共同体在明年形成之时对商务活动的影响可能比较有限。

Last year, ASEAN leaders created the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The aim is to increase trade, investment and economic ties among the 10 nations.

去年，东盟领导人创立了东盟经济提共同体(AEC)，其目的是加强10国之间的贸易、投资和经济纽带。

ASEAN launched its own economic community, the AEC, at the beginning of the year. It creates a single market for goods, services, capital and labor. So far, it has not shown strong results.

年初东盟成立了自己的经济共同体AEC，这就创造了商品、服务、资本和劳动力的单一市场，到目前为止，该共同体尚未促成重大结果。