After NAFTA: Go back to the drawing board

US President Donald J. Trump managed to flay two sturdy institutions last week. One was the United Nations through his own no-strings-attached speech. The other was the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Trump's administration had placed September 30 as the cut-off line for a NAFTA decision. Mexico agreed to...

Japanese FDI versus WTO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has recently disclosed a piece of 'good news' amid an otherwise stagnant state of foreign direct investment (FDI). Japan Tobacco Inc. (JTI), which is one of the top five tobacco companies in the world, has decided to acquire Akij Group's United Dhaka Tobacco Company...