The free-trade era is over. U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff letters show that tariffs - to protect domestic industries and to raise revenue for a deeply indebted government - are the way forward.

Regional integration projects and new trade agreements are gaining traction as Asean looks to diversify partnerships in a more uncertain global landscape.

President Trump this week has been firing off letters to global leaders that threaten new, high tariff rates and also ...

The U.S. government’s “reciprocal tariffs” have prompted a rapid overhaul of trade blocs in the Asia-Pacific, especially in ...

Preferential trade agreements are a prevailing characteristic of the international trading landscape. This article argues that PTAs are building blocks for the multilateral trading regime. They serve ...

Amid growing uncertainties which disturb the international trade order, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), focused on multilateral free trade, has emerged as a key driver of ...

The country struck bilateral and multilateral free trade and investment deals. It set up institutions to help govern commerce, such as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and, later, the World ...

Through consultations, agreements on goods, services, and investment were successively signed and implemented, officially establishing the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area in 2010 as Version 1.0.

North Atlantic economies should respond to tariffs by forming their own single, multilateral free-trade agreement. Photo by PSA Halifax ...

Could recent accords spell the death knell for a multilateral global trade order based on an agreed set of rules? Along with other developing countries, India has a big stake in the survival of ...

One, a multilateral trade agreement. This is an agreement between many countries, and these are designed to benefit everyone, even those not included in the agreement itself.