The Global Financial Crisis and Asian Economies: Impacts and Trade Policy Responses

The Southeast Asian economies have entered their worst post-1997 recession in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. The region is now in dire need of appropriate policy tools that put in place immunity to the ripple effects and a full momentum of an economic recovery. This leading article aims to highlight the key inquiries into the impacts of and responses to the global economic meltdown, which are widely debatable among policy-makers and academics, yet remain unanswered in the literature. The thesis of this article illuminates the research subjects where the contributions to this special issue lie.