WT/REG/W/159  
 
11 June  2021 
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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 11 JUN E 2021) AND HAVE NOT  
YET BEEN NOTIFIED TO THE WTO1 
 The following list reproduces and updates document WT/REG/W/ 157 distributed for the CRTA 
Meeting held on 22 March 2021 . 
 
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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 – Japan  01.08.20  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 China - Chinese Taipeib  12.09.10  Goods & Services  
15 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  
 
16 EAC – Accession of South Sudan  not provided  Goods  
17 ECO - Accession of Afghanistan  
ECO - Accession of  Tajikistan  not provided  
not provided  Goods  
 
18 EFTA – GCC 01.07.14  Goods & Services  
19 EU – Kosovoc 01.04.16  Goods  
20 Georgia – Republic of Moldova  30.03.07  Goods  
21 Georgia – Uzbekistan  15.10.10  Goods  
22 Iceland – Greenland  01.02.85  Goods  
23 Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) Trade Protocol  not provided  Goods  
24 Jordan – Israel  19.04.96  Goods  
25 Kazakhstan – Azerbaijan   26.06.97  Goods  
26 Kazakhstan – Serbia   10.01.12  Goods  
27 Kyrgyz Republic – Azerbaijan  16.04.04  Goods  
28 MERCOSUR - Accession of Venezuela  12.08.12  Goods & Services  
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  
 
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/159  
 
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   RTA Name  Date of Entry 
into Forcea Coverage  
32 Panama – Trinidad and Tobago  04.07.16  Goods  
33 Paraguay – Chinese Taipei   27.02.19  Goods & Services  
34 Peru – Thailand  31.12.11  Goods  
35 Preferential Trade Agreement among D -8 Member Statesd 2016 Goods  
36 Republic of Korea – Turkey  01.08.18  Services  
37 Republic of Moldova – Azerbaijane 16.04.96  Goods  
38 SAARC Agreement on Trade in Services (SATIS)  29.11.12  Services  
39 SADC - Accession of Madagascar  not provided  Goods  
40 Sri Lanka – Singapore  01.05.18  Goods & Services  
41 Tajikistan – Azerbaijan  15.04.95  Goods  
42 Tunisia – Iraq  31.12.99  Goods  
43 Tunisia – Libya  19.02.02  Goods  
44 Tunisia – Morocco  16.03.99  Goods  
45 Turkey – Faroe Islands  01.10.17  Goods  
46 Turkey – Iran 01.01.15  Goods  
47 United States – Japan  01.01.20  Goods  
 Agreements among LAIA parties : 
48 Brazil – Paraguay  28.09.20  Goods  
49 Brazil – Venezuela  18.10.98  Services  
50 Chile – Argentina  02.08.91  Services  
51 Chile – Uruguay  13.12.18 Goods & Services  
52 LAIA - Accession of Panama   03.05.12  Goods  
53 Mexico – Guatemala  05.12.00  Services  
54 MERCOSUR – Chile 19.06.11  Services  
55 MERCOSUR – Colombia  20.12.17  Goods  
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 d ocument 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, Nige ria, Pakistan and Turkey.  
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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