WT/COMTD/RTA/W/6  
 
18 March  2021 
(21-2251) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Trade and Development  
Dedicated Session on Regional Trade Agreements    
 
 
STATUS OF THE WORK OF THE DEDICATED SESSION  
STATUS OF THE PREPARATION OF FACTUAL PRESENTATION S 
Report by the Chairman  
 
   
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- 2 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
 
1. Comments delayed (Agreements among Members)  
GCC-Singapore (G)  30.6.2015  23.11.2015  Data received from 
Singapore; data prepared by 
the WTO Secretariat for the 
GCC 10.10.2016; 
additional  tables 
sent 20.12.2017  21.11.2016  
 
19.1.2018 for 
tables  From Singapore 
on 
25 October  2019. 
No comments 
from the GCC  Comments awaited  
from the GCC  
EAC Enlargement (G)  1.8.2012  8.3.2013  Data received  19.5.2014  16.6.2014  No No comments received  
from any of the Parties  
Morocco -United Arab Emirates Free 
Trade Agreement (G) 19.6.2019  29.11.2019  No data received; data 
sourced from the WTO -IDB: 
MFN and preferential tariffs 
available for Morocco and 
MFN tariffs available  for UAE .  28.01.2021  25.2.2021   No comments received 
from any of the Parties  
 
2. Comments delayed (Agreements with Non Members)  
 
3. Data delayed (Agreements among Members)  
El Salvador -Cuba (G)  29.11.2013  24.4.2014  Data from Cuba but 
incomplete . The missing data 
from El Salvador and Cuba 
sourced from the WTO -IDB 
and the LAIA website.  6.01.2021  16.02.2021  El Salvador  
3.2.2021  Awaiting comments 
from Cuba  
 
4. Data delayed (Agreements with Non Members)  
SAFTA -Accession of Afghanistan 
(G) 29.7.2016  22.12. 2016 Trade data received from Sri 
Lanka     Awaiting data from 
Afghanistan, 
Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
India, Maldives, Nepal, 
Pakistan and tariff 
data from Sri Lanka  
India-Bhutan (G)  30.6.2008  10.8.2009  MFN 2012 tariffs received 
from Bhutan and other data 
sourced from IDB and 
Bhutan's official website     FP being drafted  
SAFTA (G)  21.4.2008  10.8.2009  Some d ata received from 
Bangladesh     Awaiting data from 
Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
Maldives, Nepal, India, 
Pakistan, Sri Lanka    
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- 3 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
 
5. Agreements not in force for all parties (Agreements among Members)  
 
6. Agreements not in force for all parties (Agreements with Non -Members)  
Pacific Islands Trade Agreement 
(PICTA)  28.8.2008       Agreement not in force 
for all parties  
 
7. Other  
Ecuador -Mexico Partial Scope 
Agreement  23.7.2019  14.1.2020  Data received from Mexico. 
The rest of the missing data 
will be sourced from the 
WTO-IDB and the LAIA 
website.     Factual presentation 
being drafted.  
Argentina -Mexico Economic 
Complementarity Agreement  23.7.2019  13.1.2020  Data received from Mexico.     Awaiting data from 
Argentina.  
Mexico -Cuba Economic 
Complementarity Agreement  23.7.2019  13.1.2020  Data received from Mexico.     Awaiting data from 
Cuba.  
Brazil -Mexico Economic 
Complementarity Agreement  23.7.2019  13.1.2020  Data received from Mexico.  
The rest of the missing data 
will be sourced from the 
WTO-IDB and Brazil's 
SECINT website.  8.1.2021  5.2.2021  Mexico  
8.1.2021  Awaiting comments 
from Brazil  
 
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