2008年并没有发生脱钩，当时，在泛亚洲GDP（不含日本）中，出口要占大约45 % ， 随着世界贸易量的剧烈萎缩，该地区的所有新兴经济体都经历了大幅衰退。
Decoupling did not occur in 2008, when exports accounted for about 45% of pan-Asian GDP (excluding Japan) and every emerging country in the region experienced a sharp contraction in growth as world trade plummeted.