Many different approaches and databases have been developed for the evaluation of nontariff measures (NTMs) and free trade agreements (FTAs). This paper is devoted to the EUSouth Korea agreement, which is the first ‘second-generation’ FTA of the EU, addressing a wide array of non-tariff...

This paper examines the legal status of a treaty after the termination of diplomatic relations between two countries by using Taiwan-Panama FTA as a case study. This paper argues that the severance of diplomatic relations does not affect the legal relations of Taiwan-related FTAs. This paper...