We can now arguably tell the story of prosperity and international trade law from the prism of the Global South that this book set out to explore. This book is the first comprehensive piece of legal scholarship that provides an analytical tale of selected contemporary free trade agreements around the globe and whether their creation and operationalisation are informed by normative beliefs and interests. We posit that the debate about prosperity emanating from trade liberalisation has largely been exaggerated/misconceived in scholarships over the years. Indeed, the vision of prosperity flowing from trade liberalisation as advanced in contemporary scholarship is nothing more than a mirage of prosperity as the underlining premise and approach is incongruous with the ability of the codified international trade rules to engender adherence. While these regional trade arrangements are seemingly driven by echoes of economic prosperity, there is a disconnection between this ambition and normative belief in the institutions created to engender the implementation of the codified regional trade arrangements.