Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Committee on Trade and Development - Dedicated Session on Regional Trade Agreements - Regional Trade Agreements which have appeared in factual presentations and have not yet been notified to the WTO - Updated with factual presentations issued up to 2 June 2025 - Note by the Secretariat


UPDATED WITH FACTUAL PRESENTATIONS ISSUED UP TO 2 JUNE 2025

Note by the Secretariat

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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

Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)[2]:

- 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

1988

Goods

10

Caribbean Community and Common Market (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

China – Maldives

01.01.25

Goods & Services

16

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)2:

- Accession of Libya

- Accession of Djibouti

- Accession of Madagascar

- Accession of Somalia

 

03.01.05

01.02.00

10.07.95

19.07.18

 

Goods

Goods

Goods

Goods

17

East African Community (EAC) 2:

- Accession of South Sudan

 

not provided

 

Goods

18

Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) 2:

- Accession of Afghanistan

- Accession of Tajikistan

 

17.02.92

17.02.92

 

Goods

Goods

19

European Union - Kazakhstan

01.03.20

Services

20

European Union - Kosovoc

01.04.16

Goods

21

Georgia - Uzbekistan

15.10.10

Goods

22

Jordan - Israel

19.04.96

Goods

23

Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) 2:

- Accession of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

- Accession of the Plurinational State of Bolivia

 

12.08.12

07.08.24

 

Goods & Services

Goods & Services

24

Morocco - Guinea

06.09.00

Goods

25

Pan-Arab Free Trade Area (PAFTA) 2:

- Accession of Algeria

- Accession of Palestine

 

01.01.09

01.01.98

 

Goods

Goods

26

Pakistan - Iran

01.10.06

Goods

27

Panama - Israel

01.01.20

Goods & Services

28

Panama - Trinidad and Tobago

04.07.16

Goods

29

Paraguay - Chinese Taipei

27.02.19

Goods & Services

30

Peru - Thailand

31.12.11

Goods

31

Peru - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

01.08.13

Goods

32

Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA) 2:

- Accession of Palau

- Accession of the Marshall Islands

 

not provided

not provided

 

Goods

Goods

33

Preferential Trade Agreement among D‑8 Member States

2016

Goods

34

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

01.01.22

Goods & Services

35

Republic of Korea – Philippines

31.12.24

Goods

36

SAARC Agreement on Trade in Services (SATIS)

29.11.12

Services

37

Southern African Development Community (SADC) 2:

- Accession of Madagascar to the Protocol on Trade in Goods

 

17.08.07

 

Goods

38

Sri Lanka - Singapore

01.05.18

Goods & Services

39

Tajikistan - Azerbaijan

15.04.95

Goods

40

Treaty on Investment and Trade in Services (TICS)

(El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras)

20.07.08

Services

41

Tunisia - Iraq

31.12.99

Goods

42

Tunisia - Libya

19.02.02

Goods

43

Tunisia - Morocco

16.03.99

Goods

44

Tunisia - Syrian Arab Republic

10.03.05

Goods

45

Türkiye – Azerbaijan

01.03.21

Goods

46

Türkiye - Iran

01.01.15

Goods

47

Türkiye - Pakistan

01.05.23

Goods

48

Türkiye - Uzbekistan

01.07.23

Goods

49

United Arab Emirates - Cambodia

31.01.24

Goods & Services

50

United Arab Emirates - Indonesia

01.09.23

Goods & Services

51

United Arab Emirates - Israel

01.04.23

Goods & Services

52

United States - Japan

01.01.20

Goods & Services

 

Agreements among LAIA parties:

53

Brazil - Chile

25.01.22

Services

54

Brazil - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

18.10.98

Services

55

Chile - Argentina

01.05.19

Services

56

Chile - Ecuador

16.05.22

Services

57

Chile - Paraguay

14.02.24

Services

58

Chile - Uruguay

13.12.18

Services

59

Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) 2:

- Accession of Panama

 

03.05.12

 

Goods

60

Mexico - Guatemala

05.12.00

Services

61

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).

Note:       Members are to notify the RTAs to which they are parties. Notifications may be submitted by one or several parties to the RTA.

DisclaimerThis 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).

[2] Changes to the membership of these  RTAs, such as accessions and withdrawals, have not always been notified to the WTO. Consequently, information included in the RTA Database regarding current signatories is not accurate.