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
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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
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- European Union Customs Union (EUCU) - 1958
- European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - 1960
- Andean Community - 1969
- Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) - 1975
- Southern African Development Community Free Trade Area (SADCFTA) - 1980
- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - 1981
- Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) - 1991
- ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) - 1992[2]
- Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) - 1992[3]
- Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) - 1992
- Central American Integration System (SICA) - 1993
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - 1994
- European Economic Area (EEA) - 1994
- G-3 Free Trade Agreement (G-3) - 1995
- International Grains Agreement - 1995
- Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) - 1997[4]
- Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) - 2004
- South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) - 2004[5]
- East African Community (EAC) - 2005
- ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) - 2010[6]
- Pacific Alliance Free Trade Area (PAFTA) - 2012[7]
- Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) - 2018
- African Continental Free Trade Area[8] - 2019
- United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) - 2020[9]
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) - 2022
Post-Soviet States only
edit- Commonwealth of Independent States Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area - 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
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- 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)[14]
- 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
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- Open Balkan
- Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER and PACER Plus)
- 2021 Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)[15]
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)[16]
- Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA)
- Tripartite Free Trade Area (T-FTA)[17]
- Union of South American Nations (USAN)
- Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement (ECOTA)
Obsolete agreements
edit- International Tin Agreement (1956–1985)
- Caribbean Free Trade Association (1968–1974)[18]
- Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries (1974–1999)[19]
- International Bauxite Association (1974–1992)[20]
- Multi Fibre Arrangement (1974–1994)
- North American Free Trade Agreement (1994–2020)[21]
Abandoned agreement
edit- Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - signed 2016, signature withdrawn by the United States in 2017 thus rendering the agreement unratifiable.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Arrangement regarding Bovine Meat" (PDF). www.wto.org. World Trade Organization. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)". Asiapedia. Dezan Shira and Associates. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ Last revision from 05/01/2007. |WT/REG233/N/1/Rev.1 Archived 27 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) Archived 18 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine; Revision 01/01/1998 WT/REG223/N/1 Archived 27 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Since 12/07/1995 WT/COMTD/N/26 Archived 18 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Guide to the agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA)". Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "Since 04/05/2011". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ^ Loes Witschge (20 March 2018). "African Continental Free Trade Area: What you need to know". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "US-Canada-Mexico Agreement Revised NAFTA (Full text)". Asiapedia. Dezan Shira and Associates. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ WT/REG82/N/1
- ^ "Free Trade Zone in GUAM Area". Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
- ^ "Organization for Democracy and Economic Development".
- ^ "Market Access Map".
- ^ Agreement adopted in 07/24/1993, but not yet implemented. WT/COMTD/N/21 Archived 27 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Signed, but not yet implemented. After entry into force, countries commit to remove tariffs on most goods by 2021.
- ^ "Central Asian powers agree to pursue free-trade zone". Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
- ^ "Tripartite Free Trade Area (T-FTA) | TradeMark SA". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ "The Caribbean Free Trade Association (Carifta)".
- ^ "Agreement establishing the Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries (APEF) ATS 37 of 1975 " Archived 15 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Agreement establishing the International Bauxite Association (IBA) ATS 38 of 1975 " Archived 15 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ Was effective 01/01/1994 WT/REG4/W/1 Archived 12 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- 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[permanent 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