Ratna, Rajan Sudesh2011-08-102011-08-102009http://hdl.handle.net/10625/46806This brief underlines the importance of South-South trade, and provides some recommendations on issues that need to be addressed in terms of deepening trade liberalization among the countries of the South. For instance, developing countries could offer deeper concessions on more products and could promote South-South trade in the global context. Expanding and inter-linking the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN Plus free trade agreements could achieve a common framework to promote trade and investment flows in the region. The promotion of South-South trade may be instrumental in the sustainable industrialization of the economies of the South.Text1 digital file (4 p. : ill.)enTRADE LIBERALIZATIONINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESSOUTH-SOUTH TRADEPolicy Brief