Comparison of Energy Economy Characteristics betweenASEAN and USAN Countries

ASEAN is a union in East Asia, and a similar union called USAN has also been formedin South America in recent years. Both unions have important economic, trade andindustrial goals for themselves. In this study, their performance in recent years frombefore the COVID-۱۹ pandemic until ۲۰۲۱ is evaluated. The results show that due tosome policies that will be discussed later, the ASEAN union has been able to have a betterperformance, although it has faced challenges in some areas and has declined, but overallit is more economically strong compared to the USAN union .

Keywords:

Energy Economy , Energy Intensity , Globalization , USAN , ASEAN