WT/REG/W/181  
 
14 September  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  14 SEPTEMBER  2023) AND HAVE NOT  
YET BEEN NOTIFIED TO THE WTO1 
 The following list reproduces and updates document WT/REG/W/ 178 distributed for the CRTA 
Meeting held on 5 July  2023. 
 
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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)  Ratified by 
Singapore on 
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  
 
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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 t he United 
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 Türkiye . 
 
Note: Members are to notify the RTAs to which they are parties. Notifications may be submitted 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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