The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is one of the recently negotiated multilateral free trade agreements which aims to establish a free trade agreement between 11 economies (after US exit) on both sides of the Pacific. The formation and...

The Social Dimension Labor Provision of the Transpacific Partnership (TPP) indeed represents the “Next Generation” in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and is possibly a “game changer” in the several Asian countries with TPP-side agreements with the U.S. As one of the few countries in the...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement seems to have reached a crossroads: it could either be a building block toward achieving economic integration in Asia and the Pacific, or trigger the formation of two large trade blocs which will work independently of one another. When the Government...

As nations attempt to rebound from the global recession of the late 2000s, political leaders continue to scramble to improve their domestic and supranational economies. From monetary easing to fiscal consolidation, governments have had to confront “the difficult task of spurring current growth...

Twelve Pacific Rim countries are currently negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (“TPP”) Agreement. The TPP addresses free trade and environmental challenges to enhance the mutual support regarding trade and the environment. The purposes of this study were to identify the progress that...

Africa’s regional integration agenda arrived at a cross roads in 2019, with the adoption of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. The AfCFTA framework came into force on 30th May, 2019, with its ratification by The Gambia, which brought the total number of African Union...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiation is searching for a “landing zone” – a set of compromises that will allow a deal to be concluded. We assess the potential impact of the TPP based on a “best guess” as to what the landing zone will look like, taking into account such...