The Recent Recession and Rising Protectionism in Developed Countries: Some Thoughts on the ASEAN Economies

Abstract

This paper has been presented at the Southeast Asia Program luncheon seminar in Cornell University, Ithaca, New York on April 11, 1985. Analysis suggests that bilateral trade grow rapidly during 1962-1981. To realize the country’s full potential, internal barriers and trade regime prove to be an important areas of concentration.trade sector, General Agreement on Tariff and Trade, ASEAN, recession, protectionism