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

WTO members and observers:
  Members
  Members, dually represented by the European Union
  Observers
  Non-members
  • 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

Stages of economic integration around the World (each country colored according to the most integrated form that it participates with):
  Economic and monetary union (CSME/EC$, EU/€, Switzerland–Liechtenstein/CHF)
  Economic union (CSME, EU
–UK, EAEU, MERCOSUR, GCC, SICA)
  Customs and monetary union (CEMAC/XAF, UEMOA/XOF)
  Common market (EEA–Switzerland, ASEAN[dubious – discuss])
  Customs union (CAN, EAC, EUCU, SACU)
  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

  1. ↑ "Arrangement regarding Bovine Meat". World Trade Organization. https://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/tokyo_abm_e.pdf. Retrieved 29 April 2017. 
  2. ↑ 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. 
  3. ↑ "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. 
  4. ↑ "Guide to the agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA)". http://www.asean.fta.govt.nz/. 
  5. ↑ Last revision from 05/01/2007. |WT/REG233/N/1/Rev.1
  6. ↑ WT/REG82/N/1
  7. ↑ Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) ; Revision 01/01/1998 WT/REG223/N/1
  8. ↑ "Since 04/05/2011". http://www.dialogo-americas.com/en_GB/articles/rmisa/features/regional_news/2011/05/04/feature-ex-2120. 
  9. ↑ Since 12/07/1995 WT/COMTD/N/26
  10. ↑ "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. 
  11. ↑ Agreement adopted in 07/24/1993, but not yet implemented. WT/COMTD/N/21
  12. ↑ "Free Trade Zone in GUAM Area". http://www.azi.md/news?ID=39356. 
  13. ↑ Signed, but not yet implemented. After entry into force, countries commit to remove tariffs on most goods by 2021.
  14. ↑ "Central Asian powers agree to pursue free-trade zone". http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDP/is_2003_Sept_29/ai_108316611. 
  15. ↑ "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. 
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ https://caricom.org/the-caribbean-free-trade-association-carifta/
  18. ↑ "Agreement establishing the International Bauxite Association (IBA) ATS 38 of 1975 " . Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  19. ↑ 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




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