Finance:List of multilateral free-trade agreements
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This is a list of multilateral free-trade agreements, between several countries all treated equally. For agreements between two countries, between a bloc and a country, or between two blocs, see list of bilateral free-trade agreements; these are not listed below.
Every customs union, common market, economic union, customs and monetary union and economic and monetary union is also a free-trade area; these are listed on these separate articles and are not included below.
For a general explanation, see free-trade area.
World Trade Organization agreements
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of 1994
- 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
- Agreement on Rules of Origin
- Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
- Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
- Agreement on Safeguards
- Agreement on Trade Facilitation
- General Agreement on Trade in Services
- Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- Dispute Settlement Understanding
- Trade Policy Review Mechanism
- Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
- Agreement on Government Procurement
- Arrangement regarding Bovine Meat,[1] this agreement was terminated end 1997.
- International Dairy Agreement, this agreement was terminated end 1997.
- Information Technology Agreement
- Bali Package
Operating agreements
Multilateral Free Trade Area (CEFTA, CISFTA, COMESA, CPTPP, DCFTA, EFTA, GAFTA, USMCA, SAFTA, AANZFTA, PAFTA, SADCFTA)
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- African Continental Free Trade Area[2] - 2019
- Andean Community - 1969
- ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) - 1992[3]
- ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) - 2010[4]
- Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) - 1975
- Central American Integration System (SICA) - 1993
- Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) - 1992[5]
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - 1994
- Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area (CISFTA) - 2011[6]
- Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) - 1997[7]
- Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) - 2004
- East African Community (EAC) - 2005
- Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement (ECOTA) - 2003
- Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) - 2015
- European Economic Area (EEA; European Union–Norway –Iceland–Liechtenstein) - 1994
- European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - 1960
- European Union Customs Union (EUCU; European Union–Turkey–Monaco–San Marino–Andorra) - 1958
- G-3 Free Trade Agreement (G-3) - 1995
- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - 1981
- International Grains Agreement - 1995 Comprising a Grains Trade Convention (GTC) and a Food Aid Convention (FAC)
- Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) - 1992
- Pacific Alliance Free Trade Area (PAFTA) - 2012[8]
- South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) - 2004[9]
- Southern African Development Community Free Trade Area (SADCFTA) - 1980
- Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) - 1991
- Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) - 2018
- United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) - 2020[10]
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) - 2022
Proposed agreements
- African Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) between SADC, EAC and COMESA
- Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)
- Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
- Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
- Canada, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom Union (CANZUK)
- China–Japan–South Korea Free Trade Agreement
- Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
- Commonwealth Free Trade Area (CFTA)
- Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)[11]
- Economic Partnership Agreements (EU-ACP)
- Euro-Mediterranean free trade area (EU-MEFTA)
- Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
- Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP), proposed APEC FTA
- GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM)[12]
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- Open Balkan
- Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER and PACER Plus)
- 2021 Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)[13]
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)[14]
- Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA)
- Tripartite Free Trade Area (T-FTA)[15]
- Union of South American Nations (USAN)
Agreements no longer active
- Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries [APEF] - 1974[16]
- Caribbean Free Trade Association [CARIFTA] - 1968[17]
- International Bauxite Association [IBA] - 1974[18]
- International Tin Agreement - 1956
- Multi Fibre Arrangement - 1974
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - 1994[19]
Agreements signed but never in effect
- Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - signed 2016, signature withdrawn by the United States in 2017 thus rendering the agreement unratifiable.
See also
- Free trade areas in Europe (with maps)
- List of bilateral free-trade agreements
- List of country groupings
References
- ↑ "Arrangement regarding Bovine Meat". World Trade Organization. https://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/tokyo_abm_e.pdf. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ↑ Loes Witschge (20 March 2018). "African Continental Free Trade Area: What you need to know". Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/african-continental-free-trade-area-afcfta-180317191954318.html.
- ↑ "Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)". Dezan Shira and Associates. https://www.dezshira.com/library/treaties/charter-of-the-association-of-southeast-asian-nations-asean-7887.html.
- ↑ "Guide to the agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA)". http://www.asean.fta.govt.nz/.
- ↑ Last revision from 05/01/2007. |WT/REG233/N/1/Rev.1
- ↑ WT/REG82/N/1
- ↑ Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) ; Revision 01/01/1998 WT/REG223/N/1
- ↑ "Since 04/05/2011". http://www.dialogo-americas.com/en_GB/articles/rmisa/features/regional_news/2011/05/04/feature-ex-2120.
- ↑ Since 12/07/1995 WT/COMTD/N/26
- ↑ "US-Canada-Mexico Agreement Revised NAFTA (Full text)". Dezan Shira and Associates. https://www.dezshira.com/library/treaties/us-canada-mexico-agreement-revised-nafta-full-text-7864.html. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ↑ Agreement adopted in 07/24/1993, but not yet implemented. WT/COMTD/N/21
- ↑ "Free Trade Zone in GUAM Area". http://www.azi.md/news?ID=39356.
- ↑ Signed, but not yet implemented. After entry into force, countries commit to remove tariffs on most goods by 2021.
- ↑ "Central Asian powers agree to pursue free-trade zone". http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDP/is_2003_Sept_29/ai_108316611.
- ↑ "Tripartite Free Trade Area (T-FTA) | TradeMark SA". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309110630/http://www.trademarksa.org/taxonomy/term/1075. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ↑ "Agreement establishing the Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries (APEF) ATS 37 of 1975 " . Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ↑ https://caricom.org/the-caribbean-free-trade-association-carifta/
- ↑ "Agreement establishing the International Bauxite Association (IBA) ATS 38 of 1975 " . Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ↑ Was effective 01/01/1994 WT/REG4/W/1
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[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- EFTA official site
- Australia official FTA site
- Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements Notified to the WTO: developed by WorldTradeLaw.net and Bryan Mercurio
- ptas.mcgill.ca
- TREND-Analytics website - Interactive list of bilateral and multilateral free trade instruments