WT/REG/W/157  
 
15 March  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 12 MARCH  2021) AND HAVE NOT  
YET BEEN NOTIFIED TO THE WTO1 
 The following list reproduces and updates document WT/REG/W/ 154 distributed for the CRTA 
Meeting held on 18 November  2020. 
 
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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 Belize – Guatemala  04.04.10  Goods  
8 Botswana – Malawi  1956 Goods  
9 Botswana – Zimbabwe  1956, amended 
in 1988  Goods  
10 CARICOM – Costa Rica  15.11.05  Goods  
11 CARICOM – Dominican Republic  01.12.01  Goods  
12 China - Chinese Taipeib  12.09.10  Goods & Services  
13 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  
 
14 EAC – Accession of South Sudan  not provided  Goods  
15 ECO - Accession of Afghanistan  
ECO - Accession of  Tajikistan  not provided  
not provided  Goods  
 
16 EFTA – GCC 01.07.14  Goods & Services  
17 EU – Kosovoc 01.04.16  Goods  
18 Georgia – Republic of Moldova  30.03.07  Goods  
19 Georgia – Uzbekistan  15.10.10  Goods  
20 Iceland – Greenland  01.02.85  Goods  
21 Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) Trade Protocol  not provided  Goods  
22 Jordan – Israel  19.04.96  Goods  
23 Kazakhstan – Azerbaijan   26.06.97  Goods  
24 Kazakhstan – Serbia   10.01.12  Goods  
25 Kyrgyz Republic – Azerbaijan  16.04.04  Goods  
26 MERCOSUR - Accession of Venezuela  12.08.12  Goods & Services  
27 Namibia - Zimbabwe  not provided  Goods  
28 PAFTA – Accession of Algeria  
PAFTA – Accession of Palestine  01.01.09  
01.01.98  Goods  
Goods  
29 Pakistan – Iran 01.10.06  Goods  
30 Panama – Israel  01.01.20 Goods  & Services  
31 Panama – Trinidad and Tobago  04.07.16  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/157  
 
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   RTA Name  Date of Entry 
into Forcea Coverage  
32 Paraguay – Chinese Taipei   27.02.19  Goods & Services  
33 Peru – Thailand  31.12.11  Goods  
34 Preferential Trade Agreement among D -8 Member Statesd 2016 Goods  
35 Republic of Korea – Turkey  01.08.18  Services  
36 Republic of Moldova – Azerbaijane 16.04.96  Goods  
37 SAARC Agreement on Trade in Services (SATIS)  29.11.12  Services  
38 SADC - Accession of Madagascar  not provided  Goods  
39 Sri Lanka – Singapore  01.05.18  Goods & Services  
40 Tajikistan – Azerbaijan  15.04.95  Goods  
41 Tunisia – Iraq  31.12.99  Goods  
42 Tunisia – Libya  19.02.02  Goods  
43 Tunisia – Morocco  16.03.99  Goods  
44 Turkey – Faroe Islands  01.10.17  Goods  
45 Turkey – Iran 01.01.15  Goods  
 Agreements among LAIA parties : 
46 Brazil – Paraguay  28.09.20  Goods  
47 Brazil – Venezuela  18.10.98  Services  
48 Chile – Argentina  02.08.91  Services  
49 Chile – Uruguay  13.12.18 Goods & Services  
50 LAIA - Accession of Panama   03.05.12  Goods  
51 Mexico – Guatemala  05.12.00  Services  
52 MERCOSUR – Chile 19.06.11  Services  
53 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 Unit ed 
Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).  
d Developing -8 is an organization for development cooperation among the following countries: 
Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.  
e Unlike the Republic of Moldova, A zerbaijan indicates that this Agreement is in force.  
 
Disclaimer : This list has been drawn up without prejudice to Members' rights to notify their RTAs 
under the relevant WTO provisions.  
 
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