This chapter proposes and assesses a legal regulatory recognition instrument to address non-tariff barriers to trade for goods and services in a US and EU transatlantic regional trade agreement. The procedure would make a factual determination that the underlying levels of protection sought to...

This article compares domestic regulation provisions in the field of international trade in services for two economic integration agreements with the Republic of Korea: the Free Trade Agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Korea (2011) and the Free Trade Agreement...

This chapter examines the thesis that regulatory policies treated in regional trade agreements have an inherently WTO multilateral character, as they are designed and applied on a most-favoured nation (MFN) basis. It surveys general transparency and dispute settlement provisions and selected WTO...

This paper is written in light of the ongoing negotiations for the 'Tripartite Free-trade Area' now in progress between the member states of three existing regional groupings in Eastern and Southern Africa: the East African Community (EAC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa...