WT/REG/W/ 169 
 
12 September  2022 
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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 SEPTEMBER 2022) AND HAVE NOT  
YET BEEN NOTIFIED TO THE WTO1 
 The following list reproduces and updates document WT/REG/W/ 167 distributed for the CRTA 
Meeting held on 27 June  2022. 
 
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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 Framework Agreement on Services  12.08.98  Services  
8 ASEAN Trade In Services Agreement (ATISA)  Ratified by 
Singapore on 
05.04.21  Services  
9 ASEAN – Japan  01.08.20  Services  
10 Belize – Guatemala  04.04.10  Goods  
11 Botswana – Malawi  1956 Goods  
12 Botswana – Zimbabwe  1956, amended 
in 1988  Goods  
13 CARICOM – Costa Rica  15.11.05  Goods  
14 CARICOM – Cuba 01.01.01  Services  
15 CARICOM – Dominican Republic  01.12.01  Goods  
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  18.04.18  
03.01.05  
not provided  
not provided  
not provided  Goods  
 
18 EAC – Accession of South Sudan  not provided  Goods  
19 ECO - Accession of Afghanistan  
ECO - Accession of  Tajikistan  not provided  
not provided  Goods  
 
20 EFTA – GCC 01.07.14  Goods & Services  
21 EU – Kosovoc 01.04.16  Goods  
22 Georgia – Republic of Moldova  30.03.07  Goods  
23 Georgia – Uzbekistan  15.10.10  Goods  
24 Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) Trade Protocol  not provided  Goods  
25 Israel – Colombia  11.08.20  Goods & Services  
26 Jordan – Israel  19.04.96  Goods  
27 Kazakhstan – Azerbaijan   26.06.97  Goods  
28 Kazakhstan – Serbia   10.01.12  Goods  
29 Kyrgyz Republic – Azerbaijan  16.04.04  Goods  
30 MERCOSUR - Accession of Venezuela  12.08.12  Goods & Services  
31 Morocco – Guinea  06.09.00  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/16 9 
 
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   RTA Name  Date of Entry 
into Forcea Coverage  
32 PAFTA – Accession of Algeria  
PAFTA – Accession of Palestine  01.01.09  
01.01.98  Goods  
Goods  
33 Pakistan – Iran 01.10.06  Goods  
34 Panama – Israel  01.01.20 Goods  & Services  
35 Panama – Trinidad and Tobago  04.07.16  Goods  
36 Paraguay – Chinese Taipei   27.02.19  Goods & Services  
37 Peru – Thailand  31.12.11  Goods  
38 Preferential Trade Agreement among D -8 Member Statesd 2016 Goods  
39 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)  01.01.22  Goods & Services  
40 Republic of Moldova – Azerbaijane 16.04.96  Goods  
41 SAARC Agreement on Trade in Services (SATIS)  29.11.12  Services  
42 SADC - Accession of Madagascar  not provided  Goods  
43 SADC – Protocol on Trade in Services  13.01.22  Services  
44 Sri Lanka – Singapore  01.05.18  Goods & Services  
45 Tajikistan – Azerbaijan  15.04.95  Goods  
46 Treaty on Investment and Trade in Services (TICS)  
(El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras)  20.07.08  Services  
47 Tunisia – Iraq  31.12.99  Goods  
48 Tunisia – Libya   19.02.02  Goods  
49 Tunisia – Morocco  16.03.99  Goods  
50 Tunisia – Syria 10.03.05  Goods  
51 Türkiye – Bosnia and Herzegovina (revised Agreement)  01.08.21  Goods & Services  
52 Türkiye  – Faroe Islands  01.10.17  Goods  
53 Türkiye  – Iran 01.01.15  Goods  
54 Türkiye – Venezuela  21.08.20  Goods  
55 United States – Japan  01.01.20  Goods  & Services  
 Agreements among LAIA parties : 
56 Brazil – Chile 25.01.22  Services  
57 Brazil – Venezuela  18.10.98  Services  
58 Chile – Argentina  02.08.91  Services  
59 Chile – Uruguay  13.12.18 Services  
60 LAIA - Accession of Panama   03.05.12  Goods  
61 Mexico – Guatemala  05.12.00  Services  
62 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 Developing -8 is an organization for development cooperation among the fo llowing countries: 
Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Türkiye . 
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' rights to notify their RTAs 
under the relevant WTO provisions.  
 
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