WT/REG/W/162  
 
25 October  2021 
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Committee on Regional Trade Agreements    
 
COMMITTEE ON REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS  
LIST OF RTAS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN FACTUAL PRESENTATIONS  
(ISSUED UP TO 25 OCTOBER  2021) AND HAVE NOT  
YET BEEN NOTIFIED TO THE WTO1 
 The following list reproduces and updates document WT/REG/W/ 159 distributed for the CRTA 
Meeting held on 21 June  2021. 
 
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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 Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)  not provided  Goods  
4 Armenia – Belarus  28.07.03  Goods  
5 Armenia – Tajikistan  20.07.94  Goods  
6 ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services  12.08.98  Services  
7 ASEAN – Japan  01.08.20  Services  
8 Belize – Guatemala  04.04.10  Goods  
9 Botswana – Malawi  1956 Goods  
10 Botswana – Zimbabwe  1956, amended 
in 1988  Goods  
11 CARICOM – Costa Rica  15.11.05  Goods  
12 CARICOM – Cuba 01.01.01  Services  
13 CARICOM – Dominican Republic  01.12.01  Goods  
14 China - Chinese Taipeib  12.09.10  Goods & Services  
15 COMESA – Accession of Tunisia  
COMESA - Accession of Libya   
COMESA - Accession of Seychelles  
COMESA - Accession of Djibouti  
COMESA - Accession of Madagascar  
COMESA – Accession of Somalia  18.04.18  
03.01.05  
2001 
not provided  
not provided  
not provided  Goods  
 
16 EAC – Accession of South Sudan  not provided  Goods  
17 ECO - Accession of Afghanistan  
ECO - Accession of  Tajikistan  not provided  
not provided  Goods  
 
18 EFTA – GCC 01.07.14  Goods & Services  
19 EU – Kosovoc 01.04.16  Goods  
20 Georgia – Republic of Moldova  30.03.07  Goods  
21 Georgia – Uzbekistan  15.10.10  Goods  
22 Iceland – Greenland  01.02.85  Goods  
23 Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) Trade Protocol  not provided  Goods  
24 Israel – Colombia  11.08.20  Goods & Services  
25 Jordan – Israel  19.04.96  Goods  
26 Kazakhstan – Azerbaijan   26.06.97  Goods  
27 Kazakhstan – Serbia   10.01.12  Goods  
28 Kyrgyz Republic – Azerbaijan  16.04.04  Goods  
29 MERCOSUR - Accession of Venezuela  12.08.12  Goods & Services  
30 PAFTA – Accession of Algeria  
PAFTA – Accession of Palestine  01.01.09  
01.01.98  Goods  
Goods  
31 Pakistan – Iran 01.10.06  Goods  
 
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 ). WT/REG/W/162  
 
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   RTA Name  Date of Entry 
into Forcea Coverage  
32 Panama – Israel  01.01.20 Goods  & Services  
33 Panama – Trinidad and Tobago  04.07.16  Goods  
34 Paraguay – Chinese Taipei   27.02.19  Goods & Services  
35 Peru – Thailand  31.12.11  Goods  
36 Preferential Trade Agreement among D -8 Member Statesd 2016 Goods  
37 Republic of Korea – Turkey  01.08.18  Services  
38 Republic of Moldova – Azerbaijane 16.04.96  Goods  
39 SAARC Agreement on Trade in Services (SATIS)  29.11.12  Services  
40 SADC - Accession of Madagascar  not provided  Goods  
41 Sri Lanka – Singapore  01.05.18  Goods & Services  
42 Tajikistan – Azerbaijan  15.04.95  Goods  
43 Tunisia – Iraq  31.12.99  Goods  
44 Tunisia – Libya  19.02.02  Goods  
45 Tunisia – Morocco  16.03.99  Goods  
46 Turkey – Faroe Islands  01.10.17  Goods  
47 Turkey – Iran 01.01.15  Goods  
48 United States – Japan  01.01.20  Goods  & Services  
 Agreements among LAIA parties : 
49 Brazil – Paraguay  28.09.20  Goods  
50 Brazil – Venezuela  18.10.98  Services  
51 Chile – Argentina  02.08.91  Services  
52 Chile – Uruguay  13.12.18 Goods & Services  
53 LAIA - Accession of Panama   03.05.12  Goods  
54 Mexico – Guatemala  05.12.00  Services  
55 MERCOSUR – Chile 19.06.11  Services  
56 MERCOSUR – Colombia  20.12.17  Goods  
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 fo llowing countries: 
Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.  
e Unlike the Republic of Moldova, Azerbaijan indicates that this Agreement is in force.  
 
Disclaimer : This list has been drawn up without prejudice to Members' ri ghts to notify their RTAs 
under the relevant WTO provisions.  
 
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