The new generation RTAs is going beyond conventional trends of trade in goods only. In addition to trade in goods, trade in services has expanded significantly throughout the world in recent years. Agreement on investment has become another important component of Rias. The newer RTAs also push for deeper economic collaboration, commonly referred as WTO-X issues, which extends to commitments on intellectual properly rights, tade facilitation, govemment procurement, labour issues' environmental protection, gender equality, competition policy, digital trade' e' commerce, dispute settlement mechanism etc.