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.

## Contents

* 1 World Trade Organization agreements
* 2 Operating agreements
* 3 Proposed agreements
* 4 Agreements no longer active
* 5 Agreements signed but never in effect
* 6 See also
* 7 References
* 8 External links

## 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)

v * d * e

* 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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