Leveraging trade opportunities with non-traditional partners: the Malaysia–GCC perspectiveFootnote

^*Revised version of the paper presented at the International Conference on International Trade and Investment: Globalisation at Crossroads: Implications for the Developing World, Le Meridien Hotel, Mauritius, 20–21 December 2011.

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