There has been an explosion in the past 10-15 years of bilateral and regional free trade agreements in Latin America (together "preferential free trade agreements" or PTAs). The purpose of PTAs is to increase trade, regulatory and investment liberalization. As trade liberalization requires more...

The dream of establishing an African common market that would lead to an African Economic Community begun in the 1980s, when the Lagos Plan of Action for the Economic Development of Africa was adopted. The establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which came into force on...

We discuss recent bilateral, regional, and country trade, partnership, and economic agreements involving both ASEAN as a single entity and individual ASEAN countries (Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia) focusing on their reach beyond conventional trade in goods and services issues. What emerges is of...

We discuss recent bilateral, regional, and country trade, partnership, and economic agreements involving both ASEAN as a single entity and individual ASEAN countries (Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia) focusing on their reach beyond conventional trade in goods and services issues. What emerges is of...

Regional Trade Agreements (RTA) such as the recently formed African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) can resolve some of Africa's key enforcement issues in the area of competition law and policy. The Competition Protocol, which will result from the Phase II negotiations, is critical in...

Although the aspiration of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is to reduce and progressively remove trade barriers, enhance intra-African trade at the continental level and increase Africa’s global market share, anti-competitive conduct is likely to pose as a barrier hindering...