title: Obstacles to free international trade: pressing challenges of the freedom of transit
abstract: The principle of freedom of transit has always played a vital role in the functioning of the international trade system. In order to facilitate free trade, many states started to conclude basic transit agreements back in the XIX century. International community has achieved a significant success in promoting the freedom of transit and, as a result, international trade since then. For instance, various international conventions, such as Convention on Freedom of Transit (1921), Convention on the H
journal: Lex Portus