Liberia has not joined any free trade agreement committing to open transfers of cross-border data flows.

It is reported that the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

Liberia has appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

It is reported that Liberia does not mandate functional or accounting separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market.

Libtelco is the oldest telecom operator in Liberia and it is a 100% State-owned enterprise.

It is reported that is no obligation for passive infrastructure sharing in Liberia to deliver telecom services to end users. However, it is practiced in the mobile sector and in the fixed sector based on commercial agreements.

Liberia has no rules applicable to the protection of trade secrets.

Liberia has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.

Liberia has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

It is reported that the Liberia Intellectual Property Office (LIPO) lacks both technical and financial capacity to address IPR infringements. There is no anti-piracy intellectual property law and there have been complaints from the Musician and Movie Unions about unauthorized individuals using their copyrighted work for economic benefits. The Movie Union also marched in the Street of Monrovia, against piracy.

Liberia is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

Liberia has a clear regime of exceptions to copyright that follows fair use, which allows for the lawful use of copyrighted works by third parties without the need to obtain permission. The Intellectual Property Act (Section 9.8. Fair Use) contains a provision on fair use of copyrighted works. It further stipulates four factors for determining whether a particular case is fair use: the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is commercial in nature or for educational purposes; the nature of the copyrighted work; the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and the effect of the use on the potential market for or value of the work. Moreover, an identical provision was already included in the Copyright Act of 1997 (Section 2.7), which was repealed by the Liberian Copyright Act of 2016.

The Investment Act of 2010 (Schedule: Limited Restrictions to Foreign Ownership of Enterprises (2)) requires joint venture or partnership between a Liberian and non-Liberian to invest into advertising, graphics and commercial artists with the conditions that the total shareholding of the Liberian is at least 25% and the total capital invested is not less than USD 300,000. Alternatively, foreign investments are allowed without restrictions only if the total investment capital is not less than USD 500,000.

The Investment Act of 2010 (Schedule: Limited Restrictions to Foreign Ownership of Enterprises (2)) requires joint venture or partnership between a Liberian and non-Liberian to invest into advertising, graphics and commercial artists with the conditions that the total shareholding of the Liberian is at least 25% and the total capital invested is not less than USD 300,000. Alternatively, foreign investments are allowed without restrictions only if the total investment capital is not less than USD 500,000.

Liberia is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) nor does it have observer status.