The World Trade Organization’s Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement provides developing countries with practical and effective tools to attract foreign direct investment. But it also ...

At the WTO's 13th Ministerial Conference, three-quarters of the members, mainly developing nations, advocated for the integration of a new Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFDA) that ...

The value of trade in intermediate goods, relative to world GDP, also began to stagnate at around this time. Whether through the WTO or through trade deals, tariff liberalisation is generally expected ...

A container ship unloads cargo from Asia at Long Beach port in California. However, the tit-for-tat war between China and the US over trade is affecting global trade volumes. (Photo by Mark ...

The increasing number and complexity of foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regimes requires careful navigation when planning and executing global M&A transactions, as well as greenfield ...