LIST OF FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS

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This is list of free trade agreements and free trade areas between one or more countries and/or trade blocs. For list of the blocs themselves see List of trade blocs.
''Every Customs Union, Common market and Economic and monetary union has also a 'Free Trade Area' and these are listed in their respective articles.''

''Preferential Trade Arrangements (PTAs) and other types of trade pacts 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

Contents

Multilateral agreements

Regional agreements

Proposed regional agreements

Defunct regional agreements

Plurilateral agreements

Proposed plurilateral agreements

Bilateral agreements

United States

Other Countries

Proposed bilateral agreements

United States

Trade Agreement Signed, But Not Yet Enacted

Other Agreements

Other Countries

Defunct bilateral agreements

See also

References

Multilateral agreements

List of agreements with more than two states and/or blocs involved.

Regional agreements

List of multilateral agreements between states and/or blocs in the same geographic region.

★ 'Agadir Agreement' between Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan

★ 'Andean Community' Free Trade Area: between Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.

★ 'ASEAN Free Trade Area' (AFTA) with Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam

★ 'Central American Common Market' (CACM) between Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua

★ 'Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement' (DR-CAFTA) between the U.S., Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic

★ 'Central European Free Trade Agreement' (CEFTA) between Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro

★ 'Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa' (COMESA) between Burundi, Djibouti, Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Sudan, Zambia and Zimbabwe

★ 'European Free Trade Association' (EFTA) between Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein

★ 'Greater Arab Free Trade Area' (GAFTA) Between Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, the "State of Palestine", Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the UAE and Yemen

★ 'G-3 Free Trade Agreement' between Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela (Venezuela has reported that it intends to pull out of the agreement [1]).

★ 'North American Free Trade Agreement' (NAFTA) between Canada, U.S. and Mexico

★ 'South Asia Free Trade Agreement' (SAFTA) between India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Maldives

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.

★ Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)

★ Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) + 3 (People's Republic of China, South Korea, and Japan) Free Trade Area

★ Canada Central American Free Trade Agreement

★ Lebanon joining the Agadir Agreement

★ Faroe Islands (autonomous entity of Denmark) joining European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

★ People's Trade Treaty between Cuba, Bolivia, and Venezuela

★ GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development Free Trade Area between Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova

★ FTA of Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)

★ Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) among members of APEC

★ Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) between United States and the European Union

Defunct regional agreements

★ Baltic Free Trade Area (BAFTA), members (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) moved to the European Union

Plurilateral agreements

List of multilateral agreements between states and/or blocs of different geographic regions.

★ 'Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership' (P4) between Chile, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei

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.

★ Middle East Free Trade Area (US-MEFTA)

★ Euro-Mediterranean free trade area (EU-MEFTA)

Bilateral agreements

List of agreements between two states, two blocs or a bloc and a state.

United States

The US has implemented bilateral free trade agreements with the following countries and blocs:

★ Australia (2005)

★ Bahrain (2006)

★ Chile (2004)

★ Israel (1985; Palestinian Authority included.)

★ Jordan (2001)

★ Morocco (2006)

★ Singapore (2004)

Other Countries

★ Japan has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Chile (signed in 2006)

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★ Brunei (signed in 2007)

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★ Indonesia (signed in 2007)

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★ Malaysia (signed in 2005)

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★ Mexico (took effect in 2005)

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★ Philippines (signed in 2006)

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★ Thailand (signed in 2007)

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★ Singapore (signed in 2002)

★ Mexico has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Bolivia

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★ Chile

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★ Colombia

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★ Costa Rica

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★ El Salvador

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★ Guatemala

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★ Honduras

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★ Israel

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★ Nicaragua

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★ Panama

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★ Uruguay

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★ Venezuela

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★ Japan

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★ Mercosur

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★ the EU

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★ the EFTA

★ Costa Rica has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs

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★ Canada

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★ Chile

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★ El Salvador

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★ Dominican Republic

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★ Guatemala

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★ Honduras

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★ Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

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★ Nicaragua

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★ Panama

★ Chile has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:^[1]

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★ Canada (came into force on July 5 1997)

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★ Central America: Costa Rica (February 14 2002) and El Salvador (June 3 2002)

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★ South Korea (April 1 2004)

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★ European Free Trade Association (December 1 2004)

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★ People's Republic of China (October 1 2006)

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★ Panama (unratified; signed on June 27 2006)

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★ Peru (unratified; signed on August 22 2006)

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★ Colombia (unratified; signed on November 27 2006)

★ Singapore has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Australia

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★ Chile

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★ India

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★ Jordan

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★ New Zealand (separate from the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (see above) and is still in force)

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★ Panama

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★ Peru

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★ South Korea

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★ the EFTA

★ Panama has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ El Salvador

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★ Guatemala

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★ Honduras

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★ Nicaragua

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★ Costa Rica

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★ Republic of China (Taiwan)

★ Dominican Republic has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ El Salvador

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★ Guatemala

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★ Honduras

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★ Nicaragua

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★ Costa Rica

★ Turkey has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Bosnia and Herzegovina

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★ Croatia

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★ Egypt

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★ Israel

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★ Morocco

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★ Macedonia

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★ Palestinian Authority

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★ Tunisia

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★ The European Free Trade Association

★ Israel has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Canada

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★ The European Free Trade Association

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★ The EU

★ The People's Republic of China has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Pakistan

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★ Chile

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★ Jordan

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★ Thailand

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★ ASEAN (currently the Early Harvest Program is in operation, but a full FTA is not expected until 2010 [2])

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★ Hong Kong as a CEPA (Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement)

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★ Macau as a CEPA

★ The Republic of China (Taiwan) has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ El Salvador

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★ Guatemala

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★ Honduras

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★ Nicaragua

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★ Panama

★ Thailand has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Australia

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★ New Zealand

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★ India [3]

★ Lebanon has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

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★ Iraq

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★ The European Union

★ Jordan has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Algeria

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★ Libya

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★ Syria

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★ Kuwait

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★ Bahrain

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★ Peru

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★ The European Free Trade Association

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★ The European Union

★ Georgia has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Armenia

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★ Azerbaijan

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★ Kazakhstan (Entry into force: 16 July 1999)

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★ Russian Federation (Entry into force: 10 May 1994)

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★ Turkmenistan (Entry into force: 1 January 2000)

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★ Ukraine

★ Armenia has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Kazakhstan (Entry into force: 25 December 2001)

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★ Kyrgyz Republic (Entry into force: 27 October 1995)

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★ Moldova (Entry into force: 21 December 1995)

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★ Russian Federation (Entry into force: 25 March 1993)

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★ Turkmenistan (Entry into force: 7 July 1996)

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★ Ukraine

★ Kyrgyz Republic has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Kazakhstan (Entry into force: 11 November 1995)

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★ Moldova (Entry into force: 21 November 1996)

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★ Russian Federation (Entry into force: 24 April 1993)

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★ Ukraine (Entry into force: 19 January 1998)

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★ Uzbekistan (Entry into force: 20 March 1998)

★ Faroe Islands has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Switzerland

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★ Norway

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★ Iceland (the Hoyvík Agreement)

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★ The European Union

★ Canada - Costa Rica

★ Australia - New Zealand (under the CER)

★ South Korea has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Chile

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★ Singapore

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★ EFTA

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★ US

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★ ASEAN

★ The EU has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Algeria European Union Association Agreement

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★ Chile

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★ Croatia Stabilisation and Association Agreement

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★ Egypt European Union Association Agreement

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★ Macedonia Stabilisation and Association Agreement

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★ Morocco European Union Association Agreement

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★ Palestinian Authority European Union Association Agreement

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★ South Africa

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★ Switzerland

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★ Tunisia European Union Association Agreement

★ EFTA has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Chile

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★ Croatia

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★ Egypt [4]

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★ Lebanon

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★ Macedonia

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★ Morocco

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★ Palestinian Authority

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★ Tunisia

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★ Southern African Customs Union

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★ South Korea

★ Andean Community - MERCOSUR

★ Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Cuba

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★ Dominican Republic

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★ Costa Rica

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.

United States

The United States is negotiating bilateral free trade agreements with the following countries and blocs [5]:

Trade Agreement Signed, But Not Yet Enacted

★ - Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement

★ - US-Oman Free Trade Agreement (ratified 2006)

★ - Panama - United States Trade Promotion Agreement (Agreement reached, awaiting ratification)[6]

★ - Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (Peru ratified on 28th June 2006; awaiting US ratification).

★ - U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (Agreement reached on 2 April 2007, the parties must still finalize the text and ratify the Agreement).

Other Agreements

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★ (Expert-level trade talks held in February 2006).

★ (Fourth round of talks are scheduled for the week of 8 January 2007 in San Francisco.)

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★ - US-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (Announced 2002; Negotiations on hold since January 2006.)

★ (5th round of talks are yet to be scheduled.)

★ Southern African Customs Union (Talks fell apart on 18 April 2006 due to US demands on intellectual property rights, government procurement rights and investment.)

★ (Talks terminated by the US. [7])

★ (Qatar halted talks stating that the US was imposing preconditions that were not in Qatar's interest as of 1 May 2006.)

Other Countries

★ Japan is negotiating bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Chile (signed on 27 March 2007, ratification to occur by September 2007).

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★ Indonesia (6th round of talks began on 10 October 2006)

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★ ASEAN

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★ Gulf Cooperation Council

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★ Vietnam (1st round of talks scheduled for January 2007)

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★ India (1st round of talks were held in New Dehli, and the 2nd round of talks are scheduled for Tokyo in April)[8]

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★ Australia (Conducting feasibility study as of 19 September 2006).

★ 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:

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★ Mexico (SECA 3th round of talks in 14~16 June 2006)

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★ Canada(10th round of talks in 23 April ~ 27 April] 2007, Seoul)

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★ India (CEPA 6th round of talks in 3 March ~ 6 March 2007, Seoul)

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★ EU (2nd round of talks in 16 July 2007 ~ 20 July 2007, Brussels)

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★ MERCOSUR (preparation study)

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★ People's Republic of China (preparation study)

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★ GCC (preparation study)

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★ Japan (negotiations currently at standstill)

★ Colombia is negotiating or is planning bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ El Salvador

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★ Guatemala

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★ Honduras

★ People's Republic of China is negotiating or is planning bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ New Zealand

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★ Australia [9]

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★ ASEAN

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★ Pakistan (Signed on 24 November 2006 and has been executed)[10]

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★ India (proposed)

★ Chile is negotiating or is planning bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ India

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★ Thailand

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★ Australia

★ Australia - Malaysia

★ Australia - United Arab Emirates

★ Australia - China (see: Australia-China Free Trade Agreement)

★ Republic of China (Taiwan) - Dominican Republic

★ Singapore - Bahrain

★ Singapore - Canada

★ Singapore - Egypt

★ Singapore - Mexico

★ Singapore - Pakistan

★ Singapore - Panama

★ Singapore - Sri Lanka

★ Singapore - Kuwait

★ Singapore - Qatar

★ Singapore - United Arab Emirates

★ Singapore - GCC

★ Peru - Mexico

★ Jordan - Iraq

★ Jordan - Palestinian Authority

★ GCC - EU

★ GCC - Mercosur

★ GCC - India

★ GCC - Turkey

★ ASEAN - India

★ ASEAN - Australia and New Zealand

★ EFTA - Algeria

★ EFTA - Albania

★ EFTA - MERCOSUR

★ EFTA - GCC

★ EFTA - Ukraine

★ EFTA - Serbia and Montenegro

★ EU is negotiating or is planning bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

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★ Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Agreement

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★ Serbia and Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Agreement

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★ Albania Stabilisation and Association Agreement

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★ Syria European Union Association Agreement

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★ Mercosur

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★ Russia (EU-Russia Common Economic Space)

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★ Andean Community

★ Andean Community - India

★ Croatia - UNMIK (as representative of Kosovo under Security 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 their Central 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)

★ Southern African Customs Union - Iceland (to be signed in November 2005 and to become active in the beginning of 2006).

★ India - Sri Lanka (separetly from the South Asia Free Trade Agreement)

Defunct bilateral agreements

★ Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (superseded by North American Free Trade Agreement)

★ EU - Norway FTA (1973), now a member of the European Economic Area common market

★ EU - Iceland FTA (1973), now a member of the EEA common market

★ EU - Switzerland and Liechtenstein FTA (1973), Liechtenstein is now member of the EEA common 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-Turkey customs union

★ Matrix of FTAs in the Balkans, in the framework of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, now superseded by membership in CEFTA or (for Bulgaria and Romania) in the EU. (2007)

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★ between each two of the following states (28 FTAs): Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro

★ UNMIK (as representative of Kosovo under Security Council resolution 1244) has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs: (Now in CEFTA)

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★ Albania

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★ Bosnia and Herzegovina

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★ Macedonia

See also

★ List of trade blocs

★ Free trade area

★ Trade bloc

★ Trade pact

★ Customs union

★ Monetary union

★ Common market

★ Bilateral Investment Treaty

References

1. Direcon, accessed November 28 2006


★ bilaterals.org - ''"Everything that's not happening at the WTO"''

★ FTAs submitted to the WTO

★ Americas FTAs

★ Singapore official FTA site

★ EFTA official site

★ Australia offical FTA site

★ Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements Notified to the WTO: developed by WorldTradeLaw.net and Bryan Mercurio