WT/COMTD/RTA/W/5  
 
9 November  2020 
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Committee on Trade and Development  
Dedicated Session on 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  201
9. 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  Data received  26 June 2020  24 July 2020  Comments from 
Nepal on 
27 July 2020 
India 
6 October 2020  
 Comments being 
incorporated into factual 
presentation and to be 
circulated to Members 
shortly.  
 
2. Comments delayed (Agreements with Non Members)  
 
3. Data delayed (Agreements among Members)  
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.  
El Salvador -Cuba (G)  29.11.2013  24.4.2014  Data from Cuba but 
incomplete . The missing data 
from El Salvador and Cuba 
sourced from the WTO -IDB 
and the LAIA website.      Factual presentation 
being drafted.    
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- 3 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
 
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  
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  
Pakistan -Indonesia (G)  31.10.2019  07.04.2020  Data received  30 October 
2020 27 November 
2020  Awaiting comments 
from the Parties  
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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