WT/REG/W/181/Rev.1  
 
9 November  2023 
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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  9 NOVEMBER  2023) AND HAVE NOT  
YET BEEN NOTIFIED TO THE WTO1 
Revision  
 The following list reproduces and updates document WT/REG/W/ 181. 
 
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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 APTA – Accession of Mongolia  01.01.21  Goods & Services  
4 Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)  not provided  Goods  
5 Armenia – Belarus  28.07.03  Goods  
6 Armenia – Tajikistan  20.07.94  Goods  
7 ASEAN Trade In Services Agreement (ATISA)  05.04.21  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 Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA)  11.01.21  Services  
15 China – Cambodia  01.01.22 Goods & Services  
16 China - Chinese Taipeib  12.09.10  Goods & Services  
17 COMESA – Accession of Tunisia  
COMESA - Accession of Libya   
COMESA - Accession of Djibouti  
COMESA - Accession of Madagascar  
COMESA – Accession of Somalia  18.07.18 
03.01.05  
01.02.00 
10.07.95 
19.07.18 Goods  
 
18 EAC – Accession of South Sudan  not provided  Goods  
19 ECO - Accession of Afghanistan  
ECO - Accession of  Tajikistan  17.02.92 
17.02.92 Goods  
 
20 EU – Kosovoc 01.04.16  Goods  
21 Georgia – Uzbekistan  15.10.10  Goods  
22 Jordan – Israel  19.04.96  Goods  
23 Kazakhstan – Azerbaijan   26.06.97  Goods  
24 Kyrgyz Republic – Azerbaijan  16.04.04  Goods  
25 MERCOSUR - Accession of Venezuela  12.08.12  Goods & Services  
26 Morocco – Guinea  06.09.00  Goods  
27 Mozambique – Indonesia  06.06.22 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  
 
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/181/Rev.1  
 
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   RTA Name  Date of Entry 
into Forcea Coverage  
31 Panama – Trinidad and Tobago  04.07.16  Goods  
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 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)  01.01.22  Goods & Services  
36 SAARC Agreement on Trade in Services (SATIS)  29.11.12  Services  
37 SADC – Protocol on Trade in Goods - Accession of Madagascar  17.08.07  Goods  
38 Sri Lanka – Singapore  01.05.18  Goods & Services  
39 Tajikistan – Azerbaijan  15.04.95  Goods  
40 Treaty on Investment and Trade in Services (TICS)  
(El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras)  20.07.08  Services  
41 Tunisia – Iraq  31.12.99  Goods  
42 Tunisia – Libya   19.02.02  Goods  
43 Tunisia – Morocco  16.03.99  Goods  
44 Tunisia – Syria 10.03.05  Goods  
45 Türkiye – Bosnia and Herzegovina (revised Agreement)  01.08.21  Goods & Services  
46 Türkiye  – Iran 01.01.15  Goods  
47 Türkiye – Venezuela  21.08.20  Goods  
48 United States – Japan  01.01.20  Goods & Services  
 Agreements among LAIA parties : 
49 Brazil – Chile 25.01.22  Services  
50 Brazil – Venezuela  18.10.98  Services  
51 Chile – Argentina  02.08.91  Services  
52 Chile – Ecuador  16.05.22  Services  
53 Chile – Uruguay  13.12.18  Services  
54 LAIA - Accession of Panama  03.05.12  Goods  
55 Mexico – Guatemala  05.12.00  Services  
56 MERCOSUR – Chile 19.06.11  Services  
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 Devel oping -8 is an organization for development cooperation among the following countries: 
Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Türkiye . 
Note: Members are to notify the RTAs to which they are parties. Notifications may be submitte d by 
one or several parties to the RTA.  
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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