In this large-scale ISEAS study, Razeen Sally looks at Southeast Asia in the World Trade Organization, against the background of national trade policy trends post-Asian crisis, sluggish ASEAN economic integration, and the recent high-speed proliferation of bilateral and regional trade negotiations....

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Main Author:	Sally, Razeen 1965- (Author)
Format:	Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Singapore Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2004
Subjects:	World Trade Organization Association of Southeast Asian Nations Free trade / Southeast Asia Außenhandelspolitik Südostasien Southeast Asia / Foreign economic relations Southeast Asia / Commercial policy
Online Access:	BSB01 Volltext
Summary:	In this large-scale ISEAS study, Razeen Sally looks at Southeast Asia in the World Trade Organization, against the background of national trade policy trends post-Asian crisis, sluggish ASEAN economic integration, and the recent high-speed proliferation of bilateral and regional trade negotiations. ASEAN co-operation in the WTO has broken down, with little prospect of revival. Nevertheless, Sally argues forcefully that Southeast Asia needs a liberal, rules-based multilateral trading system; and that the WTO needs active Southeast Asian participation. ASEAN countries should forge multiple coalitions, revolving around the United States and China, to restore workability and purpose to a lame, crisis-ravaged WTO. This would provide headwind for what matters most: unilateral (national) trade-and-investment liberalization and pro-competitive regulatory reforms to revive and enhance policy competitiveness in the region
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (vi, 98 pages)
ISBN:	9789812307019