WT/REG/W/185  
 
25 March 2024  
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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  25 MARCH 2024 ) AND HAVE NOT  
YET BEEN NOTIFIED TO THE WTO1 
 The following list reproduces and updates document WT/REG/W/ 181/Rev.1  distributed for the 
CRTA Meeting held on 20 -21 and 27 November 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)  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  - Chinese Taipeib  12.09.10  Goods & Services  
16 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  
 
17 EAC - Accession of South Sudan  not provided  Goods  
18 ECO - Accession of Afghanistan  
ECO - Accession of  Tajikistan  17.02.92 
17.02.92 Goods  
 
19 EU - Kosovoc 01.04.16  Goods  
20 Georgia  - Uzbekistan  15.10.10  Goods  
21 Jordan  - Israel  19.04.96  Goods  
22 Kazakhstan  - Azerbaijan   26.06.97  Goods  
23 Korea, Republic of  - Israel  01.12.22  Goods & Services  
24 MERCOSUR  - Accession of Venezuela  12.08.12  Goods & Services  
25 Morocco  - Guinea  06.09.00  Goods  
26 PAFTA  - Accession of Algeria  
PAFTA  - Accession of Palestine  01.01.09  
01.01.98  Goods  
Goods  
27 Pakistan  - Iran 01.10.06  Goods  
28 Panama  - Israel  01.01.20 Goods  & Services  
29 Panama  - Trinidad and Tobago  04.07.16  Goods  
30 Paraguay  - Chinese Taipei   27.02.19  Goods & Services  
31 Peru - Thailand  31.12.11  Goods  
32 Peru - Venezuela  01.08.13  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/185  
 
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   RTA Name  Date of Entry 
into Forcea Coverage  
33 PICTA  - Accession of Palau  
PICTA  - Accession of the Marshall Islands  not provided  
not provided  Goods  
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  - Iran 01.01.15  Goods  
46 United Arab Emirates  - Indonesia  01.09.23  Goods & Services  
47 United Arab Emirates  - Israel  01.04.23  Goods & Services  
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 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 sub mitted 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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