COMMITTEE
ON REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
LIST OF RTAS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN FACTUAL PRESENTATIONS
(ISSUED UP TO 19 JUNE 2024) AND HAVE NOT
YET BEEN NOTIFIED TO THE WTO[1]
The following list reproduces and updates
document _WT/REG/W/185 distributed for the CRTA
Meeting held on 8 April 2024.
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|
RTA Name
|
Date of
Entry into Forcea
|
Coverage
|
1
|
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
|
30.05.19
|
Goods
|
2
|
Andean Community (CAN)
|
14.12.06
|
Services
|
3
|
APTA – Accession of Mongolia
|
01.01.21
|
Goods
& Services
|
4
|
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
|
not
provided
|
Goods
|
5
|
Armenia-Belarus
|
28.07.03
|
Goods
|
6
|
Armenia-Tajikistan
|
20.07.94
|
Goods
|
7
|
Belize-Guatemala
|
04.04.10
|
Goods
|
8
|
Botswana-Malawi
|
1956
|
Goods
|
9
|
Botswana-Zimbabwe
|
1956,
amended in 1988
|
Goods
|
10
|
CARICOM-Costa Rica
|
15.11.05
|
Goods
|
11
|
CARICOM-Cuba
|
01.01.01
|
Services
|
12
|
CARICOM-Dominican Republic
|
01.12.01
|
Goods
|
13
|
Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA)
|
11.01.21
|
Services
|
14
|
China-Chinese Taipeib
|
12.09.10
|
Goods
& Services
|
15
|
COMESA – Accession of Tunisia
COMESA – Accession of Libya
COMESA – Accession of Djibouti
COMESA – Accession of Madagascar
COMESA – Accession of Somalia
|
18.07.18
03.01.05
01.02.00
10.07.95
19.07.18
|
Goods
|
16
|
EAC – Accession of South Sudan
|
not
provided
|
Goods
|
17
|
ECO – Accession of Afghanistan
ECO – Accession of Tajikistan
|
17.02.92
17.02.92
|
Goods
|
18
|
EU-Kosovoc
|
01.04.16
|
Goods
|
19
|
Georgia-Uzbekistan
|
15.10.10
|
Goods
|
20
|
Jordan-Israel
|
19.04.96
|
Goods
|
21
|
MERCOSUR – Accession of Venezuela
|
12.08.12
|
Goods
& Services
|
22
|
Morocco-Guinea
|
06.09.00
|
Goods
|
23
|
PAFTA – Accession of Algeria
PAFTA – Accession of Palestine
|
01.01.09
01.01.98
|
Goods
Goods
|
24
|
Pakistan-Iran
|
01.10.06
|
Goods
|
25
|
Panama-Israel
|
01.01.20
|
Goods
& Services
|
26
|
Panama-Trinidad and Tobago
|
04.07.16
|
Goods
|
27
|
Paraguay-Chinese Taipei
|
27.02.19
|
Goods
& Services
|
28
|
Peru-Thailand
|
31.12.11
|
Goods
|
29
|
Peru-Venezuela
|
01.08.13
|
Goods
|
30
|
PICTA – Accession of Palau
PICTA – Accession of the Marshall Islands
|
not
provided
not
provided
|
Goods
Goods
|
31
|
Preferential Trade Agreement among D‑8 Member Statesd
|
2016
|
Goods
|
32
|
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
|
01.01.22
|
Goods
& Services
|
33
|
SAARC Agreement on Trade in Services (SATIS)
|
29.11.12
|
Services
|
34
|
SADC – Protocol on Trade in Goods – Accession of Madagascar
|
17.08.07
|
Goods
|
35
|
Sri Lanka-Singapore
|
01.05.18
|
Goods
& Services
|
36
|
Tajikistan-Azerbaijan
|
15.04.95
|
Goods
|
37
|
Treaty on Investment and Trade in Services (TICS)
(El Salvador, Guatemala and
Honduras)
|
20.07.08
|
Services
|
38
|
Tunisia-Iraq
|
31.12.99
|
Goods
|
39
|
Tunisia-Libya
|
19.02.02
|
Goods
|
40
|
Tunisia-Morocco
|
16.03.99
|
Goods
|
41
|
Tunisia-Syria
|
10.03.05
|
Goods
|
42
|
Türkiye-Iran
|
01.01.15
|
Goods
|
43
|
Türkiye-Uzbekistan
|
01.07.23
|
Goods
|
44
|
United Arab Emirates-Indonesia
|
01.09.23
|
Goods
& Services
|
45
|
United Arab Emirates-Israel
|
01.04.23
|
Goods
& Services
|
46
|
United Arab Emirates-Türkiye
|
01.09.23
|
Goods
& Services
|
47
|
United States-Japan
|
01.01.20
|
Goods
& Services
|
|
Agreements among LAIA
parties:
|
48
|
Brazil-Chile
|
25.01.22
|
Services
|
49
|
Brazil-Venezuela
|
18.10.98
|
Services
|
50
|
Chile-Argentina
|
02.08.91
|
Services
|
51
|
Chile-Ecuador
|
16.05.22
|
Services
|
52
|
Chile-Uruguay
|
13.12.18
|
Services
|
53
|
LAIA – Accession of Panama
|
03.05.12
|
Goods
|
54
|
Mexico-Guatemala
|
05.12.00
|
Services
|
55
|
MERCOSUR-Chile
|
19.06.11
|
Services
|
a Dates
of the first entry into force for at least one of the Parties.
b China indicates that
this is a framework Agreement, under which, agreements on trade in goods and
services are still under negotiation.
c Reference to Kosovo
in this document should be understood to be in the context of the United
Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).
d Developing‑8 is an organization
for development cooperation among the following countries: Bangladesh, Egypt,
Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Türkiye.
Note: Members are to notify the RTAs to which
they are parties. Notifications may be submitted by one or several parties to
the RTA.
Disclaimer: This list has
been drawn up without prejudice to Members' rights to notify their RTAs under
the relevant WTO provisions.
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[1] More information on these RTAs may be found in the RTA Tables
contained in Factual Presentations distributed and available in the RTA
Database (http://rtais.wto.org).