- List of free trade agreements
This is list of
free trade agreement s andfree trade area s between one or more countries and/ortrade bloc s. For a list of blocs, seetrade bloc ."Every
customs union , tradecommon market andeconomic and monetary union has also a free trade area and these are listed in their respective articles."
"Preferential trade arrangement s (PTAs) and other types oftrade pact s are listed in their respective articles."World Trade Organization agreements*
Agreement on Agriculture
*Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
*Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
*Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
*General Agreement on Trade in Services Multilateral agreements
List of agreements with more than two states and/or blocs involved.
Regional agreements
List of multilateral agreements among states and/or blocs in the same geographic region.
*Andean Community Free Trade Area includesBolivia ,Colombia ,Ecuador ,Peru andVenezuela .
*ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) includesBrunei ,Indonesia ,Malaysia ,Philippines ,Singapore ,Thailand ,Cambodia ,Laos ,Myanmar ,Vietnam
** AANZFTA includesASEAN ,Australia andNew Zealand [Joint Media Statement of the Thirteenth AEM-CER Consultations Singapore, 28 August 2008 [http://www.aseansec.org/21898.htm] ]
*Central American Common Market (CACM) includesGuatemala ,Costa Rica ,El Salvador ,Honduras andNicaragua
*Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) includes theU.S. ,Costa Rica ,El Salvador ,Guatemala ,Honduras ,Nicaragua and theDominican Republic
*Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) includesCroatia ,Albania ,Bosnia and Herzegovina , Macedonia,Moldova ,Serbia andMontenegro
*Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) includesBurundi ,Djibouti ,Egypt ,Kenya ,Madagascar ,Malawi ,Mauritius ,Rwanda ,Sudan ,Zambia andZimbabwe
*European Free Trade Association (EFTA) includesIceland ,Norway ,Switzerland andLiechtenstein
*Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) includesBahrain ,Egypt ,Iraq ,Jordan ,Kuwait ,Lebanon ,Libya ,Morocco ,Oman , the "State of Palestine ",Qatar ,Saudi Arabia ,Sudan ,Syria ,Tunisia , theUAE andYemen
*G-3 Free Trade Agreement includesMexico ,Colombia andVenezuela (Venezuela has reported that it intends to pull out of the agreement [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12904752/from/RSS/ Venezuela says it will pull out of G-3 trade bloc - World business - MSNBC.com ] ] ).
*North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) includesCanada ,U.S. andMexico
*Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA) includesCook Islands ,Fiji ,Kiribati ,Nauru ,Niue ,Palau ,Papua New Guinea ,Samoa ,Solomon Islands ,Tonga ,Tuvalu andVanuatu
*South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) includesIndia ,Pakistan ,Nepal ,Sri Lanka ,Bangladesh ,Bhutan and theMaldives Proposed regional agreements
List of agreements currently in negotiations. Agreements that are so far only discussed without any formal action by the parties involved are not listed.
*ASEAN Plus Three (ASEAN + China,Japan , andSouth Korea )
*Canada Central American Free Trade Agreement
* Comprehensive Economic Partnership for East Asia involving the members of theEast Asia Summit
*European Union Central American Association Agreement (EU-CAAA) between theEuropean Union and theCentral American Common Market
*European Union Economic Partnership Agreement with the Pacific ACP Countries (EU-PACP) between theEuropean Union andPacific Islands Forum countries.
*Faroe Islands (autonomous entity ofDenmark ) joiningEuropean Free Trade Association (EFTA)
*Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
*Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) among members ofAPEC .
* FTA of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
*GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development Free Trade Area including Georgia,Ukraine ,Azerbaijan andMoldova
*Middle East Free Trade Area (MEFTA) including theUnited States and nations in theMiddle East
*People's Trade Treaty includingCuba ,Bolivia , andVenezuela
*Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) between theUnited States and theEuropean Union Defunct regional agreements
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Agadir Agreement includedMorocco ,Tunisia ,Egypt andJordan . Agreement effectively replaced by GAFTA
*Baltic Free Trade Area (BAFTA) includedEstonia ,Latvia , andLithuania , all of which have since joined theEuropean Union Plurilateral agreements
List of multilateral agreements between states and/or blocs of different geographic regions.
*Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (P4) betweenChile ,New Zealand ,Singapore ,Brunei and is currently negotiating with theUnited States on a possible FTA [http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Document_Library/Press_Releases/2008/February/asset_upload_file806_14451.pdf] [ [http://www.usnzcouncil.org/recent_events.htm Recent Events ] ]Proposed plurilateral agreements
List of agreements currently in negotiations. Agreements that are so far only discussed without any formal action by the parties involved are not listed.
*Euro-Mediterranean free trade area (EU-MEFTA)
*Middle East Free Trade Area (US-MEFTA)Bilateral agreements
List of agreements between two states, two blocs or a bloc and a state.
*
Andean Community -MERCOSUR *
Armenia has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Kazakhstan (Entry into force:25 December 2001 )
**Kyrgyz Republic (Entry into force:27 October 1995 )
**Moldova (Entry into force:21 December 1995 )
**Russian Federation (Entry into force:25 March 1993 )
**Turkmenistan (Entry into force:7 July 1996 )
**Ukraine *
Australia -New Zealand (asCloser Economic Relations )
* Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement*
Canada
**Chile
**Costa Rica
**Israel
**Peru
**EFTA *
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Costa Rica
**Cuba
**Dominican Republic *
Chile has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs: [ [http://www.direcon.cl/index.php?accion=cuadro_resumen Direcon] , accessedMarch 11 2008 ]
**Canada (came into force onJuly 5 1997 )
**El Salvador (June 3 2002 )
**Costa Rica
**Guatemala (on negotiation)
**Honduras (unratified)
**Nicaragua (on negotiation)
**South Korea (April 1 2004 )
**European Free Trade Association (December 1 2004 )
** EU
**People's Republic of China (October 1 2006 )
**Panama (March 7 2008 )
**Peru (unratified; signed onAugust 22 2006 )
**Colombia (unratified; signed onNovember 27 2006 )
**Japan (September 3 2007 )
**Mexico
**United States
**New Zealand *
Costa Rica has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs
**Canada
**Chile
**Caribbean Community (CARICOM)¨
**Dominican Republic
**El Salvador
**Guatemala
**Honduras
**Mexico
**Nicaragua
**Panama (pending approval from the congress)
**United States (pending approval from the congress)* EFTA [ [http://www.efta.int efta-secretariat — ] ] has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Chile
**Croatia
**Peru
**Egypt [ [http://www.nzz.ch/2007/01/28/eng/article7472028.html] ]
**Korea
**Lebanon
** Macedonia
**Morocco
**Palestinian Authority
**Tunisia
**Singapore
**Southern African Customs Union
**South Korea * The EU has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Algeria European Union Association Agreement
**Chile
**Peru
**Croatia Stabilisation and Association Agreement
**Egypt European Union Association Agreement
** MacedoniaStabilisation and Association Agreement
**Morocco European Union Association Agreement
**Palestinian Authority European Union Association Agreement
**South Africa
**Switzerland
**Tunisia European Union Association Agreement *
Faroe Islands has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Switzerland
**Norway
**Iceland (theHoyvík Agreement )
** TheEuropean Union * Georgia has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Armenia
**Azerbaijan
**Kazakhstan (Entry into force:16 July 1999 )
**Russian Federation (Entry into force:10 May 1994 )
**Turkmenistan (Entry into force:1 January 2000 )
**Ukraine *
Iran has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Venezuela *
Israel has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Canada
** TheEuropean Free Trade Association
** The EU*
Japan has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
** ASEAN (signed in Hanoi as of 1 April 2008)
**Chile (signed in 2006)
**Brunei (signed in 2007)
**Indonesia (signed in 2007)
**Malaysia (signed in 2005)
**Mexico (took effect in 2005)
**Philippines (signed in 2006)
**Thailand (signed in 2007)
**Singapore (signed in 2002)*
Jordan has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Algeria
**Libya
**Syria
**Kuwait
**Bahrain
**Peru
**US-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (2001)
** TheEuropean Free Trade Association
** TheEuropean Union *
Kyrgyz Republic has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Kazakhstan (Entry into force:11 November 1995 )
**Moldova (Entry into force:21 November 1996 )
**Russian Federation (Entry into force:24 April 1993 )
**Ukraine (Entry into force:19 January 1998 )
**Uzbekistan (Entry into force:20 March 1998 )*
Lebanon has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
**Iraq
** TheEuropean Union *
Malaysia has bilateral agreements with the following countries: [ [http://www.miti.gov.my/ekpweb/application?origin=contentdetails.jsp&event=bea.portal.framework.internal.refresh&pageid=miti&subpageid=publishedcontents§ion=content&global=yes&_cat=C2tESazF2oA1376] , accessedJuly 9 2008 ]
**India
**USA *
Mexico has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Bolivia
**Chile
**Colombia
**Costa Rica
**El Salvador
**Guatemala
**Honduras
**Israel
**Nicaragua
**Panama
**Peru
**Uruguay
**Venezuela
**Japan
**Mercosur
** the EU
** the EFTA*
New Zealand
**Australia (asCloser Economic Relations )
**Singapore
**Thailand
**Chile
**People's Republic of China (seeChina-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement )
**Brunei (seeTrans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership )*
Panama has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
** Republic of China (Taiwan)
**Costa Rica
**El Salvador
**Guatemala
**Honduras
**Nicaragua * The
People's Republic of China has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Pakistan
**China–Peru Free Trade Agreement expected to be signed in November 2008
**Chile
**Thailand
**New Zealand
** ASEAN (currently the Early Harvest Program is in operation, but a full FTA is not expected until 2010 [ [http://www.fta.gov.sg/fta/pdf/ACFTA_Info_Kit.pdf] ]
**Hong Kong as a CEPA (Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement )
**Macau as a CEPA* The Republic of China (Taiwan) has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**El Salvador
**Guatemala
**Honduras
**Nicaragua
**Panama *
Singapore has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Australia
**Chile
**India
**Jordan
**New Zealand (separate from the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (see above) and is still in force)
**Panama
**Peru
**South Korea
** the EFTA*
Thailand has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Australia
**Peru
**New Zealand
**India [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1485386.cms]*
Tunisia has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Morocco
** TheEuropean Free Trade Association
**Jordan
**Senegal
**Egypt
** theGreater Arab Free Trade Area
**Algeria
**Lybia
**Mauritania
**Turkey
** TheEuropean Union *
Turkey has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Bosnia and Herzegovina
**Croatia
**Egypt
**Israel
**Morocco
** Macedonia
**Palestinian Authority
**Tunisia
** TheEuropean Free Trade Association *
South Korea has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Chile
**Singapore
**Peru
**EFTA
**US (pending)
**ASEAN *The US has implemented bilateral free trade agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**US-Israel Free Trade Agreement (incl. Palestinian Authority; 1985)
**US-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (2001)
**Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (2004)
**United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (2004)
**US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (2004)
**United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (2006)
**United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (2006)
**US-Oman Free Trade Agreement (2006)
**United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (2007)
**U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (pending)Proposed bilateral agreements
List of agreements currently in negotiations. Agreements that are so far only discussed without any formal action by the parties involved are not listed.
*The
United States is negotiating bilateral free trade agreements with the following countries and blocs [http://www.sice.oas.org/ctyindex/USA/USAagreements_e.asp] :
**Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (2008?)
**Panama - United States Trade Promotion Agreement (2008?)
**United States-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (on hold since the2006 Thai coup d'état )
** US-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
**US-Ghana Free Trade Agreement
**US-Indonesia Free Trade Agreement
**US-Kenya Free Trade Agreement
**US-Kuwait Free Trade Agreement (Expert-level trade talks held in February 2006)
**US-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (next meeting onJanuary 14 ,2008 inKuala Lumpur )
**US-Mauritius Free Trade Agreement
**US-Mozambique Free Trade Agreement
**US-United Arab Emirates Free Trade Agreement (5th round of talks are yet to be scheduled)
**US-Southern African Customs Union Free Trade Agreement (on hold since 2006 due to US demands on intellectual property rights, government procurement rights and investment)
**US-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement
**US-Qatar Free Trade Agreement (on hold since 2006)*
Costa Rica is negotiating bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**EU
**Peru
**Colombia
**People's Republic of China *
Japan is negotiating bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Gulf Cooperation Council
**Vietnam (1st round of talks scheduled for January 2007)
**India (1st round of talks were held in New Delhi, and the 2nd round of talks are scheduled for Tokyo in April) [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070203/wl_sthasia_afp/indiajapandiplomacytrade_070203063157]
**Australia (Conducting feasibility study as of19 September 2006 ).
**New Zealand - (Conducting feasibility study as of14 May 2008 )*
South Korea (Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Minister for Trade - Free Trade Agreement Department) is negotiating or is planning bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Mexico (SECA 3th round of talks in 14~16 June 2006)
**Canada (10th round of talks in23 April ~27 April 2007 , Seoul)
**India (CEPA 6th round of talks in3 March ~6 March 2007 , Seoul)
**EU (2nd round of talks in16 July 2007 ~20 July 2007 , Brussels)
**MERCOSUR (preparation study)
**People's Republic of China (preparation study)
** GCC (preparation study)
**Japan (negotiations currently at standstill)
*Colombia is negotiating or is planning bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**El Salvador
**Guatemala
**Honduras
**Costa Rica *
People's Republic of China is negotiating or is planning bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Australia [http://au.news.yahoo.com/060419/2/ynex.html]
** ASEAN
**Costa Rica
**Pakistan (Signed on24 November 2006 and has been executed) [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5c05%5c24%5cstory_24-5-2006_pg5_12]
**India (proposed)*
Chile is negotiating or is planning bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**India
**Thailand
**Australia *
Australia is negotiating bilateral free trade agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**ASEAN (negotiating alongsideNew Zealand for a proposed AFTA-CER [http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Trade-and-Economic-Relations/Trade-Agreements/Asean/index.php] )
**United Arab Emirates
**China (see:Australia-China Free Trade Agreement )*
New Zealand
**USA
**South Korea
**Malaysia
**Japan
**Hong Kong
**Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
**Association of Southeast Asian Nations * Republic of China (Taiwan) -
Dominican Republic *
Singapore is negotiating bilateral free trade agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Bahrain
**Singapore -Canada
**Egypt
**Mexico
**Pakistan
**Panama
**Sri Lanka
**Kuwait
**Qatar
**United Arab Emirates
** GCC*
Peru -Mexico
*Peru -Costa Rica *
Jordan -Iraq *
Jordan -Palestinian Authority * GCC - EU
* GCC -Mercosur
* GCC -India
* GCC -Turkey * ASEAN -
India
* ASEAN -Australia andNew Zealand * EFTA is negotiating or is planning bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Algeria
**Albania
**MERCOSUR
** GCC
**Ukraine
**Serbia and Montenegro * EU is negotiating or is planning bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:
**Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Agreement
**CACM +Panama
**Serbia and Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Agreement
**Albania Stabilisation and Association Agreement
**Syria European Union Association Agreement
**Mercosur
**Russia (EU-Russia Common Economic Space)
**Andean Community *
Andean Community -India *
Croatia -UNMIK (as representative ofKosovo underSecurity Council resolution 1244 )
*Bulgaria -UNMIK (as representative of Kosovo under Security Council resolution 1244)
*Romania - UNMIK (as representative of Kosovo under Security Council resolution 1244)*
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) -Canada to be negotiated, after Canada finishes theirCentral American Free Trade Agreement agreement.
*Caribbean Community (CARICOM) - EU (on-going negotiation on the EPA) ("Economic Partnership Agreement ")
*Caribbean Community (CARICOM) -MERCOSUR (Open for discussions in May 2005)
** [http://www.mfaft.gov.jm/?q=trade-agreements-to-which-jamaica-is-a-party Full list]*
India -Sri Lanka (separate from theSouth Asia Free Trade Agreement )* Canada is currently negotiating or planning bilateral trade agreements with:
**CARICOM [http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/caricom.aspx?lang=en]
**Dominican Republic [http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/dominican-dominicaine.aspx?lang=en]
**Jordan [http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/jordan-jordanie.aspx?lang=en]
**EFTA (negotiations concluded, preliminary agreement reached) [http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/efta-aele.aspx?lang=en#2]
**Andean Community [http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/andean-andin/index.aspx]
**South Korea [http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/korea-coree/index.aspx]
**Singapore [http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/singapore-singapour.aspx]Defunct bilateral agreements
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Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (superseded byNorth American Free Trade Agreement )
*Costa Rica -Dominican Republic (superseded byDR-CAFTA )
*Costa Rica -Trinidad and Tobago (superseded byCosta Rica -CARICOM Free Trade Agreement )* EU -
Norway FTA (1973), now a member of theEuropean Economic Area common market
* EU -Iceland FTA (1973), now a member of the EEAcommon market
* EU -Switzerland andLiechtenstein FTA (1973), Liechtenstein is now member of the EEAcommon market
* EU -Czech Republic EA (1995), now EU member
* EU -Estonia EA (1998), now EU member
* EU -Hungary EA (1994), now EU member
* EU -Latvia EA (1998), now EU member
* EU -Lithuania EA (1998), now EU member
* EU -Poland EA (1994), now EU member
* EU -Slovakia EA (1995), now EU member
* EU -Slovenia EA (1999), now EU member
* EU -Cyprus AA (1973), now EU member
* EU -Malta AA (1971), now EU member
* EU -Turkey AA (1964), superseded by EU-Turkeycustoms union
* Matrix of FTAs in theBalkans , in the framework of theStability Pact for South Eastern Europe , now superseded by membership inCEFTA or (forBulgaria andRomania ) in the EU. (2007)
** between each two of the following states (28 FTAs):Albania ,Bosnia and Herzegovina ,Bulgaria ,Croatia , Macedonia,Moldova ,Romania ,Serbia and Montenegro
*UNMIK (as representative ofKosovo underSecurity Council resolution 1244 ) has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs: (Now inCEFTA )
**Albania
**Bosnia and Herzegovina
** Macedoniaee also
*
List of trade blocs
*Free trade area
*Trade bloc
*Trade pact
*Customs union
*Common market
*Economic and monetary union
*Monetary union
*Bilateral Investment Treaty
*United States free trade agreements
*New Zealand free trade agreements
*The Regional and Preferential Trade Agreements Database at McGill University - [http://www.ptas.mcgill.ca/ ptas.mcgill.ca]References
* [http://www.bilaterals.org/ bilaterals.org] - "Everything that's not happening at the WTO"
* [http://www.fightingftas.org/ fightingftas.org
* [http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/region_e/eif_e.xls FTAs submitted to the WTO]
* [http://www.sice.oas.org/tbt/FTA_e.asp Americas FTAs]
* [http://app.fta.gov.sg/asp/index.asp Singapore official FTA site]
* [http://secretariat.efta.int/Web/legaldocuments EFTA official site]
* [http://www.fta.gov.au/default.aspx?FolderID=162 Australia offical FTA site]
* [http://usliberals.about.com/od/theeconomyjobs/i/FreeTradeAgmts.htm About.com's Pros & Cons of U.S. Free Trade Agreements]
* [http://www.worldtradelaw.net/fta/ftadatabase/ftas.asp Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements Notified to the WTO: developed by WorldTradeLaw.net and Bryan Mercurio]
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