On 15 January 2020, a long-awaited trade deal between the United States (US) and China was concluded. The released draft, titled ‘Economic and Trade Agreement', is the outcome of the Phase One trade deal between the two largest global economies. In the past few years, the US and China have had...

This paper aims to discuss the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from the lenses of LDCs and bring attention to some of the issues which may require profound thought. Most developing countries around the globe, especially the least developed ones, today face significant development funding gaps and...

On 15 November 2020, fifteen Asian states signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) that concluded years of negotiations despite uphill geo-political issues. The agreement is likely to create a populous trade area, boosting intra-regional investment and resulting in an...