WT/COMTD/RTA/W/4  
 
17 September 2020  
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Committee on Trade and Development  
Dedicated Session on Regional Trade Agreements    
 
 
CONSIDERATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS  
STATUS OF THE WORK OF THE DEDICATED SESSION  
STATUS OF THE PREPARATION OF FACTUAL PRESENTATION S 
Report by the Chairman  
 
   
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- 2 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
 
1. Comments delayed (Agreements among Members)  
GCC-Singapore (G)  30.6.2015  23.11.2015  Data received from 
Singapore; data prepared 
by the WTO Secretariat for 
the GCC  10.10.2016; 
additional  tables 
sent 20.12.2017  21.11.2016  
 
19.1.2018 
for tables  From Singapore 
on 
25 October  2019. 
No comments 
from the GCC  No comments received  
from the GCC  
EAC Enlargement (G)  1.8.2012  8.3.2013  Data received  19.5.2014  16.6.2014  No No comments received  
from any of the Parties  
India-Nepal (G)  2.8.2010  20.12.2010   26 June 2020  24 July 2020  Comments from 
Nepal on 
27 July 2020 Comments received 
from Nepal  
 
2. Comments delayed (Agreements with Non Members)  
 
3. Data delayed (Agreements among Members)  
El Salvador -Cuba (G)  29.11.2013  24.4.2014  Data from Cuba but 
incomplete . The missing 
data from El Salvador and 
Cuba will be sourced from 
the WTO -IDB and the LAIA 
website.      Factual presentation 
being drafted.  
 
4. Data delayed (Agreements with Non Members)  
SAFTA -Accession of Afghanistan (G)  29.7.2016  22.12. 2016 Trade data received from 
Sri Lanka     Awaiting data from 
Afghanistan, 
Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
India, Maldives, Nepal, 
Pakistan and tariff data 
from Sri Lanka  
India-Bhutan (G)  30.6.2008  10.8.2009  No data received; MFN 
tariff and trade data for 
India available in the IDB     Awaiting preferential 
tariff data from India 
and trade and tariff data 
from Bhutan    
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- 3 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
SAFTA (G)  21.4.2008  10.8.2009  Some d ata received from 
Bangladesh     Awaiting data from 
Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
Maldives, Nepal, India, 
Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
 
5. Agreements not in force for all parties (Agreements among Members)  
 
6. Agreements not in force for all parties (Agreements with Non -Members)  
Pacific Islands Trade Agreement 
(PICTA)  28.8.2008       Agreement not in force 
for all parties  
 
7. Other  
Morocco -United Arab Emirates Free 
Trade Agreement  19.6.2019  29.11.2019  No data received; MFN 
tariff available in the 
WTO-IDB.     Awaiting preferential 
tariff from both Parties ; 
UAE's import data  from 
Morocco  for 2000 -2002; 
and the concordance 
table from HS 1996 to 
HS 2002 at the national 
tariff line level.  
Pakistan -Indonesia (G)  31.10.2019  07.04.2020  Factual presentation being 
drafted     Factual presentation 
being drafted  
Ecuador -Mexico Partial Scope 
Agreement  23.7.2019  14.1.2020  Data received from Mexico.  
The rest of the missing 
data will be sourced from 
the WTO -IDB and the LAIA  
website.     Factual presentation 
being drafted.  
Mexico -Paraguay Partial Scope 
Agreement  23.7.2019  14.1.2020  Data received from both 
Parties.     Factual presentation 
being drafted.  
Argentina -Mexico Economic 
Complementarity Agreement  23.7.2019  13.1.2020  Data received from Mexico.     Awaiting data from 
Argentina.  
Mexico -Cuba Economic 
Complementarity Agreement  23.7.2019  13.1.2020  Data received from Mexico.     Awaiting data from 
Cuba.  
Brazil -Mexico Economic 
Complementarity Agreement  23.7.2019  13.1.2020  Data received from Mexico.  
The rest of the missing 
data will be sourced from 
the WTO -IDB and Brazil's 
SECINT website.     Factual presentation 
being drafted.  
 
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