WT/REG/W/149  
 
17 July 2020 
(20-4928) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements    
  
 
COMMITTEE ON REGIONA L TRADE AGREEMENTS  
LIST OF RTAS WHICH H AVE APPEARED IN FACT UAL PRESENTATIONS  
(ISSUED UP TO 14 JULY 2020) AND HAVE NOT YET B EEN NOTIFIED TO THE WTO1 
 The following list reproduces and updates document WT/REG/W/ 146/Rev. 1. 
 
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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 ASEAN – Hong Kong, China  11.06.19  Goods & 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 – Dominican Republic  01.12.01  Goods  
13 China - Chinese Taipeib  12.09.10  Goods & Services  
14 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  
 
15 EAC – Accession of South Sudan  not provided  Goods  
16 ECO - Accession of Afghanistan  
ECO - Accession of  Tajikistan  not provided  
not provided  Goods  
 
17 EFTA – GCC 01.07.14  Goods & Services  
18 EU – Kosovoc 01.04.16  Goods  
19 Georgia – Republic of Moldova  30.03.07  Goods  
20 Georgia – Uzbekistan  15.10.10  Goods  
21 Iceland – Greenland  01.02.85  Goods  
22 Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) Trade Protocol  not provided  Goods  
23 Jordan – Israel  19.04.96  Goods  
24 Kazakhstan – Azerbaijan   26.06.97  Goods  
25 Kazakhstan – Serbia   10.01.12  Goods  
26 Kyrgyz Republic – Azerbaijan  16.04.04  Goods  
27 MERCOSUR - Accession of Venezuela  12.08.12  Goods & Services  
28 Namibia - Zimbabwe  not provided  Goods  
29 PAFTA – Accession of Algeria  
PAFTA – Accession of Palestine  01.01.09  
01.01.98  Goods  
Goods  
30 Pakistan – Iran 01.10.06  Goods  
31 Panama – Israel  01.01.20 Goods  & Services  
32 Panama – Trinidad and Tobago  04.07.16  Goods  
33 Paraguay – Chinese Taipei   27.02.19  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/149  
 
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   RTA Name  Date of Entry 
into Forcea Coverage  
34 Peru – Thailand  31.12.11  Goods  
35 Preferential Trade Agreement among D -8 Member Statesd 2016 Goods  
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 – Venezuela  18.10.98  Services  
47 Chile – Argentina  02.08.91  Services  
48 Chile – Uruguay  13.12.18 Goods & Services  
49 LAIA - Accession of Panama   03.05.12  Goods  
50 MERCOSUR – Andean Community  
(except the Plurinational State of  Bolivia and Peru)  05.01.05  Services  
51 MERCOSUR – Chile 19.06.11  Services  
52 MERCOSUR – Colombia  20.12.17  Goods  
53 MERCOSUR – Peru 02.01.06  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 following countries: 
Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.  
e Unlike the Rep ublic 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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