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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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