Scholarly literature abounds with the exposition of the role of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in enhancing or reducing global economic welfare, specifically in the context of the WTO. However, the bulk of it is written by economists and predominantly confined to economic analysis....

Although the Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) was signed in January 2004, it has not substantially contributed to the expansion of regional trade among its contracting states. This article shows how a number of bilateral preferential trade agreements (PTAs) between SAFTA parties...

FET claims are brought more frequently against economically less well-off States and how the value of the claims poses a challenge to their economies. While reasonable, minds can differ as to the cause of this phenomenon, that is, whether this is due to any particular targeting of the developing...

This Article attempts to understand the lack of Least Developed Countries (LDC)s and small developing Member States' participation as complainants in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) by undertaking the case study of the only LDC initiated dispute in the DSB:...

The increasing involvement of private bodies in international inter-governmental organizations is not a new phenomenon. There is a panoply of ways in which many private bodies do take part in the activities of international organizations even if their presence is not directly visible. For...