Description

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.