CSIS Southeast Asia Deputy Director Murray Hiebert says Malaysia and Vietnam will edge out the Philippines if it doesn’t join the 12-member TPP. CSIS Senior Adviser Christopher Johnson also says the TPP will help the Philippines be part of other trade deals.
Murray Hiebert serves as senior adviser and deputy director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. Murray Hiebert, a 3rd generation Berliner Kehler, is the son of (the late) Rosemarie (nee Wieler) and Abram Hiebert.