The United States has signed the treaty of amity and cooperation with the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently. The treaty commits signatories to three basic principles: peaceful settlement of disputes, non-recourse to the use of force and non-interference of domestic affairs. These three principles in fact are disadvantageous to the United States.. as such Washington has been reluctant to sign the non-aggression pact for years. She is concerned that she has little room to exert its influence on political and security issues in the region after China has emerged as a key trading partners with ASEAN ...and growing in global power. American then realizes that to sign the pact with ASEAN is necessary. Observers said “by signing this friendship pact with ASEAN the United States sends a strong signal of its desires to deepen ties and counter China’s increasing influence.” But how to counter China’s influence in ASEAN? It could be a tough job for the US secretary of State Hillary Clinton to brain storm! ...since America is in financial and economic big problems. So financial aid and open free market like China to ASEAN is out of the question. What methods can America consider to influence ASEAN is the America cultural production like: computer softwares, movies, music and other expensive copy right produces that most ASEAN people like it need it but can't afford it. America government should consider to advise those production companies to reduce their copyright fee as low as possible to the ASEAN market. Because most of the ASEAN people are still living under the developing countries standard and can’t afford to pay as high as those well developed countries people like Americans and Europeans. America cultures can influence the world better than the military strength. If American’s leaders know how to use it.
美国能够为东盟提供什么？
最近，美国和东南亚组织协会（东盟）签署了友好协约，该协约有三项承诺的基本原则：和平解决争端，不寻求武力协助，和不干涉他国内政。事实上这三个原则是不太符合美国的利益，因此，华盛顿一直不太乐意签署这个互不侵犯条件，担心这将会失去美国在这个地区的政治和安全的影响力。只有当中国已经成为东盟的重要贸易伙伴，和不断增长的全球力量，美国才觉得有必要与东盟签立这个协约。观察家指出：“美国与东盟签立友好协约是发出一个强烈的信号，愿意深化与东盟的关系以便对付中国在东盟越来越大的影响力！”但要如何对付中国在东盟的影响力的问题，可能要美国国务卿希拉里克林顿大动脑筋，由于美国在金融和经济上已经面对大难题，要和中国同样对东盟提供财经援助和开放市场是没有可能的事！美国只能够考虑以文化产品来影响东盟，因为东南亚人民很需要，也很喜欢美国的计算机软件、电影、音乐和其他复制权利昂贵的文化产品，但大部分人都买不起因为版权费太昂贵。如果美国政府能够劝说这些产品公司为东南亚人民征收特别低廉的版权费，将会大受欢迎。由于东南亚人民仍生活在发展中国家。不能够和美国及欧洲用户相比。美国文化在世界上的影响力可能比军事更强，如果美国领导人懂得如何运用它
