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List of multilateral free trade agreements

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Short description: Free trade agreements list

A multilateral free trade agreement is between several countries all treated equally, and creates a free trade area. Every customs union, common market, economic union, customs and monetary union and economic and monetary union is also a free trade area, and are not included below.

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

Active 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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Post-Soviet States only

  • Commonwealth of Independent States Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area (1994) - Multilateral Free Trade Area established on 24 November 1999 - multilateral free trade regime is in force among 10 countries as of 2023
  • Eurasian Customs Union of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) - 2010 as EurAsEC Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus - 5 countries as of 2023
  • Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area (CISFTA) - 2011[10] - among 9 countries as of 2023
  • GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM) FTA[11][12] - unclear application, the WTO was notified in only 2017 - multilateral free trade regime among 4 countries (International Trade Centre says there is no free trade area in operation with distinct rules from an Agreement on Creation of CIS Free Trade Area, was signed on 15 April 1994 by 12 CIS countries.[13])

Proposed agreements

Obsolete agreements

Abandoned agreement

  • Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - signed 2016, signature withdrawn by the United States in 2017 thus rendering the agreement unratifiable.

See also

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. ↑ "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. 
  3. ↑ Last revision from 05/01/2007. |WT/REG233/N/1/Rev.1
  4. ↑ Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) ; Revision 01/01/1998 WT/REG223/N/1
  5. ↑ Since 12/07/1995 WT/COMTD/N/26
  6. ↑ "Guide to the agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA)". http://www.asean.fta.govt.nz/. 
  7. ↑ "Since 04/05/2011". http://www.dialogo-americas.com/en_GB/articles/rmisa/features/regional_news/2011/05/04/feature-ex-2120. 
  8. ↑ 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. 
  9. ↑ "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. 
  10. ↑ WT/REG82/N/1
  11. ↑ "Free Trade Zone in GUAM Area". http://www.azi.md/news?ID=39356. 
  12. ↑ https://www.economy.gov.az/en/page/beynelxalq-elaqeler/iqtisadi-teskilatlarla-emekdasliq/regional-teskilatlar/demokratiya-ve-iqtisadi-inkisaf-namine-teskilat-guam
  13. ↑ https://www.macmap.org/en/resources/cis
  14. ↑ Agreement adopted in 07/24/1993, but not yet implemented. WT/COMTD/N/21
  15. ↑ Signed, but not yet implemented. After entry into force, countries commit to remove tariffs on most goods by 2021.
  16. ↑ "Central Asian powers agree to pursue free-trade zone". http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDP/is_2003_Sept_29/ai_108316611. 
  17. ↑ "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. 
  18. ↑ "The Caribbean Free Trade Association (Carifta)". https://caricom.org/the-caribbean-free-trade-association-carifta/. 
  19. ↑ "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.
  20. ↑ "Agreement establishing the International Bauxite Association (IBA) ATS 38 of 1975 " . Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  21. ↑ Was effective 01/01/1994 WT/REG4/W/1



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