Southeast Asia in the WTO / / Razeen Sally.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Sally, Razeen,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (104 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; About the Author --; Chapter 1. Background --; Chapter 2. Singapore and WTO --; Chapter 3. Malaysia and WTO --; Chapter 4. Thailand and WTO --; Chapter 5. Indonesia and WTO --; Chapter 6. The Philippines and WTO --; Chapter 7. Other ASEAN Countries and WTO --; Chapter 8. Southeast Asia’s Future in the WTO --; Tables --; Selected References
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789812307019; 9783110649772; 9783111024707; 9783110663006; 9783110606683
• DOI: 10.1355/9789812307019
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Razeen Sally.

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.