Welcome to the Asian Fusion. Your Thai or Chinese for dinner comes at a price. QE must compete to be sustainable, the ALAEA can but delay the inevitable, they can't beat it.
They would be do better to understand the great challenge of this century which is the economic convergence between east and west and realise that being massively productive is the only alternative. If the ALAEA's members are as bright and enthusiastic as I believe, they will do everything in their power to ensure that waste is driven from their business and they are as efficient as possible. The choice is yours.