Council for Trade in Services - Notification of regional trade agreement - China and Belarus



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Member(s) notifying: China

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Date of notification: 15 January 2026

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Notification pursuant to

[ ] Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994

[X] Article V:7(a) of GATS

[ ] Paragraph 4(a) of the Enabling Clause

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Parties to the Agreement: China and Belarus

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Date of signature: 22 August 2024

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Date(s) of entry into Force: 1 January 2026

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Brief description of the Agreement: 

The Agreement on Trade in Services and Investment between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Belarus consists of the Preamble and the following 10 chapters: Initial Provisions and General Definitions, Trade in Services, Investment, Temporary Movement of Natural Persons, Electronic Commerce, Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Intellectual Property, Competition, Dispute Settlement, and Institutional and Final Provisions.

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Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are:

[  ] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)

[X] available from the following official Internet link(s):

China:

https://fta.mofcom.gov.cn/topic/enbelarus.shtml

Belarus:

https://pravo.by/document/?guid=12551&p0=I02400036

 

 

 

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