Malaysia's Trade Governance at a Crossroads

This book chronicles the latest developments in Malaysia's trade and investment policy and situates them against the backdrop of a multiplicity of forces - political, economic and technological - reshaping the competitive landscape within Malaysian traders and investors operate at the national, regional and global levels.

Readers are provided with a detailed description of the evolving political economy of Malaysia's engagement with the world and the role assigned to trade and investment policy in guiding such engagement.

This book's seven chapters assess opportunities and challenges arising from the country's involvement in recent and ongoing negotiations of latest-generation preferential trade and investment agreements; dissect policy choices made and red lines recent negotiations; and advance conjectures on the political calculus likely to shape Malaysia's trade policy in the years ahead.

Given significant changes in Malaysia's overall context and global trade developments, this book is a timely resource for policymakers, trade negotiators, investors and businesses, as well as students and the public.