Mega-Regional Trade Agreements : Analyzing their Impact on Treaty Policy and Law and their Modes of Dispute Resolution Mechanisms

In the international arena, there is an emergence of a new type of trade agreements namely Mega-regional trade agreements. These mega-regional trade agreements are increasing in number and their unique characteristics have made them quite visible in any international trade agreement discourse. Their ability to challenge the status quo and displace the existing multilateral treaties on trade has made them relevant. An example is their adverse effect on the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization a multilateral treaty on trades.This discourse will seek to analyze, the impact of mega-regional trade agreements on treaty policy and law and the various modes of dispute resolution mechanisms that they have adopted.Succinctly, the paper shall; give a brief introduction, analyze the impact of mega-regional trade agreements for treaty policy and law, analyze modes of dispute resolution mechanisms adopted by mega-regional trade agreements and lastly give a conclusion