The new agreement regulating the future relations between the EU and the UK entered into force by 1 January 2021. The agreement aims to allow the UK to remain on the fringe of the internal market. The agreement provides for an extensive free movement of goods, however, the free movement it...

This chapter argues that the arguments that have traditionally been advanced in favor of a nondiscriminatory application of safeguard measures are not convincing within the regime of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Safeguards Agreement. Furthermore, if selective safeguards were plainly...

This paper examines the concept of Reciprocal Trade Liberalization – the common objective of Economic Partnership Agreements, and its legal and economic effect on Kenya's Agricultural Sector/Industry within the purview of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The study is premised...

International Investment Agreements (IIAs), signed by countries to protect and boost investment, restrict the regulatory discretion of these countries. This dissertation examines Indian IIAs and how they impact India's regulatory discretion by analysing four features namely definition of foreign...

The World Trade Organization's (WTO) Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) is charged with monitoring, examining, and ensuring the compliance of notified RTAs. We develop a comprehensive dataset covering 290 regional economic integration agreements and ask whether oversight and...