List of multilateral free trade agreements
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Every customs union, common market, economic union, customs and monetary union and economic and monetary union also a free trade area; those are listed on their respective articles and not below.
Contents
World Trade Organization agreements
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- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- Agreement on Agriculture
- Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
- Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
- Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures
- Agreement on Anti-Dumping
- Agreement on Customs Valuation
- Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
- European Trade
- Agreement on Rules of Origin
- Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
- Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
- Agreement on Safeguards
- General Agreement on Trade in Services
- Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- Agreement on Government Procurement
- Information Technology Agreement
- Bali Package
Operating agreements
Stages of economic integration around the World (each country colored according to the most integrated form that it participates with):
- ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) - 1992
- ASEAN–China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) - 2010
- ASEAN–India Free Trade Area (AIFTA) - 2010
- Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) - 1975
- Central American Integration System (SICA) - 1993
- Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) - 1992[1]
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - 1994
- G-3 Free Trade Agreement (G-3) - 1995
- Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) -1997[2]
- Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) - 2004
- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - 1981
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - 1994[3]
- Pacific Alliance - 2012[4]
- South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) - 2004[5]
- Southern African Development Community (SADC) - 1980
- Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) - 1991
- Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP) - 2005[6]
Proposed agreements
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- 2011 Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Agreement (CISFTA)[7]
- 2014 Union of South American Nations (USAN)
- 2021 Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)[8]
- African Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) between SADC, EAC and COMESA
- Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
- Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA)
- Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
- Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)[9]
- Euro-Mediterranean free trade area (EU-MEFTA)
- Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
- Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
- Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP)
- GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM)[10]
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER and PACER Plus)
- People's Trade Treaty of Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA)
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership[11] (RCEP) (ASEAN plus 6)
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)[12]
- Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA)
- Tripartite Free Trade Area (T-FTA)[13]
- China–Japan–South Korea Free Trade Agreement
See also
- European Union free trade agreements
- Euro-Mediterranean free trade area
- Free trade area
- List of economic communities
- United States free trade agreements
References
- ↑ Last revision from 05/01/2007. |WT/REG233/N/1/Rev.1
- ↑ Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA); Revision 01/01/1998 WT/REG223/N/1
- ↑ Since 01/01/1994 WT/REG4/W/1
- ↑ Since 04/05/2011
- ↑ Since 12/07/1995 WT/COMTD/N/26
- ↑ Since 05/28/2006 WT/REG229/M/1/Rev.1
- ↑ [1] CISFTA treaty signed on 15 April 1994 and in force since 12/30/1994, but not yet implemented. WT/REG82/N/1
- ↑ Signed, but not yet implemented. After entry into force, countries commit to remove tariffs on most goods by 2021.
- ↑ Agreement adopted in 07/24/1993, but not yet implemented. WT/COMTD/N/21
- ↑ Free Trade Zone in GUAM Area
- ↑ ASEAN plus 6 agree to start RCEP talks
- ↑ Central Asian powers agree to pursue free-trade zone
- ↑ [2]
External links
- bilaterals.org - "Everything that's not happening at the WTO"
- fightingftas.org
- FTAs submitted to the WTO
- World Bank's PTA database to search and compare
- Americas FTAs
- EU FTAs
- EU-ACP countries Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) Negotiations: Where do we stand?
- Singapore official FTA site
- EFTA official site
- Australia official FTA site
- About.com's Pros & Cons of U.S. Free Trade Agreements
- Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements Notified to the WTO: developed by WorldTradeLaw.net and Bryan Mercurio
- ptas.mcgill.ca
