This article examines the following question: is a new successor State automatically bound by the multilateral treaties on investment promotion and protection to which the predecessor State was a party at the date of succession? The specific question of State succession to multilateral treaties...

Despite the tremendous economic growth of Pakistan-China economic relations, but the outcomes from Pakistan-China Free Trade Agreement (PCFTA) remains near to the ground. This paper analyzes the capability of PCFTA in goods between Pakistan and China. An analysis based on revealed comparative...

The service sector is evolving. New services and new modes of delivering existing services have increased the complexities of services negotiations in the WTO and in FTAs. The WTO negotiations focus on market access but FTAs tend to go beyond market access to seeking regulatory commitments from...