Asia accounts for more than 30% of world GDP and contributes half of the global growth in recent years. Despite high …

) Agreement within the GATT/WTO system …

mechanisms. Whether these represent a partial replacement of the World Trade Organization (WTO) process for newly negotiated … they are part of what we term the non-WTO. This paper aims to document and characterize the agreements and analyze their … reciprocity based on global trade liberalization or largely represent diplomatic protocol alongside significant WTO disciplines is …

While “mega FTAs” and WTO-driven efforts at multilateral liberalisation dominate the agenda, customs unions (CU) are … the silent success story of regional integration. Throughout the world, CUs have been superseding earlier FTAs, as new …

South Africa, may not attract many world leading MNCs since their markets are small, but could attract smaller regional …

the “coherence gap” in global governance. This paper examines the contribution that the WTO can make in its three areas of … argument that could be made for the use of WTO-triggered trade actions to enforce cooperative behaviour towards rebalancing …

as the WTO (and specifically in the Doha Round) both countries have supported each others' positions, and especially so …