Lazaro, Dorothea C.; Wignaraja, Ganeshan; De Guzman, … - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2011
Within East Asia, the outward-oriented Philippine economy is a latecomer to using free trade agreements (FTAs) as a trade policy instrument and has relied heavily on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for regional liberalization. While negotiating FTAs has consumed scarce time...
