WT/REG/W/146  
 
30 April 2020 
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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 15 APRIL  2020) AND HAVE NOT YET B EEN NOTIFIED TO THE WTO1 
 The following list reproduces and updates document WT/REG/W/ 144 distributed for the CRTA 
Meeting held on 8 November  2019. 
 
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 RTA Name  Date of Entry into 
Forcea Coverage  
1 Andean Community (CAN)  14.12.06  Services  
2 Armenia – Belarus  28.07.03  Goods  
3 Armenia – Tajikistan  20.07.94  Goods  
4 ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services  12.08.98  Services  
5 ASEAN – Hong Kong, China  11.06.19  Goods & Services  
6 Belize - Guatemala  04.04.10  Goods  
7 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela – Guyana  not provided  Goods  
8 Bolivarian Republic of  Venezuela – Trinidad & Tobago  not provided  Goods  
9 Botswana - Malawi  1956 Goods  
10 Botswana - Zimbabwe  1956, amended in 
1988 Goods  
11 Brazil - Guyana - St Kitts and Nevis  31.05.04  Goods  
12 Brazil – Suriname  26.07.06  Goods  
13 CARICOM – Colombia  01.01.95  Goods  
14 CARICOM – Costa Rica  15.11.05  Goods  
15 CARICOM – Cuba 01.01.01  Goods  
16 CARICOM – Dominican Republic  01.12.01  Goods  
17 CARICOM – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  not provided  Goods  
18 China - Chinese Taipeib 12.09.10  Goods & Services  
19 Colombia - Panama  01.01.95  Goods  
20 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 
n.a. 
n.a. 
n.a. Goods  
 
21 Costa Rica - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  27.07.94  Goods  
22 EAC – Accession of South Sudan  not provided  Goods  
23 ECO - Accession of Afghanistan  
ECO - Accession of  Tajikistan  not provided  
not provided  Goods  
 
24 Ecuador - Guatemala  19.02.13  Goods  
25 EFTA – GCC 01.07.14  Goods & Services  
26 El Salvador - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  09.07.86  Goods  
27 EU – Kosovo  01.04.16  Goods  
28 Georgia – Republic of Moldova  30.03.07  Goods  
29 Georgia - Uzbekistan  15.10.10  Goods  
30 Guatemala - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  10.04.86  Goods  
31 Guatemala - Cuba 18.05.01  Goods  
32 Honduras - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  22.09.86  Goods  
33 Iceland – Greenland  01.02.85  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/146  
 
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   RTA Name  Date of Entry into 
Forcea Coverage  
34 Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) Trade Protocol  not provided  Goods  
35 Jordan – Israel  19.04.96  Goods  
36 Kazakhstan - Azerbaijan  26.06.97  Goods  
37 Kazakhstan – Serbia  10.01.12  Goods  
38 Kyrgyz Republic – Azerbaijan  16.04.04  Goods  
39 MERCOSUR - Accession of Venezuela  12.08.12  Goods & Services  
40 Namibia - Zimbabwe  not provided  Goods  
41 Nicaragua - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  18.01.74  Goods  
42 PAFTA – Accession of Algeria  
PAFTA – Accession of Palestine  01.01.09  
01.01.98  Goods  
Goods  
43 Pakistan – Iran 01.10.06  Goods  
44 Panama – Israel  06.10.10  Goods  
45 Panama – Trinidad and Tobago  04.07.16  Goods  
46 Paraguay – Chinese Taipei  27.02.19  Goods & Services  
47 Peru – Thailand  31.12.11  Goods  
48 Preferential Trade Agreement among D -8 Member 
Statesc 2016 Goods  
49 Republic of Moldova – Azerbaijand 16.04.96  Goods  
50 SAARC Agreement on Trade in Services (SATIS)  29.11.12  Services  
51 SADC - Accession of Madagascar  1981 Goods  
52 Sri Lanka – Singapore  01.05.18  Goods & Services  
53 Tajikistan – Azerbaijan  15.04.95  Goods  
54 Tunisia – Iraq 31.12.99  Goods  
55 Tunisia – Libya  19.02.02  Goods  
56 Tunisia – Morocco  16.03.99  Goods  
57 Turkey – Faroe Islands  01.10.17  Goods  
58 Turkey – Iran 01.01.15  Goods  
 Agreements among LAIA parties : 
59 Chile – Argentina ( Chile – MERCOSUR)  01.05.19  Goods & Services  
60 LAIA - Accession of Panama  03.05.12  Goods  
61 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 Developing -8 is an organization for development cooperation among the following countries:  
Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.  
d 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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