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**Table 1: Economic Cooperation Agreements in East Asia**

|Intra-Regional|Year of in force|Type of agreement|Status|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Multi-Countries Agreements**||||
|Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)|1976|Partial Scope|Implemented|
|ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)|1992|Free Trade Agreement|Implemented|
|East Asia Free Trade Area (EAFTA)|2000|Free Trade Agreement|Proposed|
|China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Area|2000|Free Trade Agreement|Proposed|
|APTA-Accession of China|2002|Partial Scope Accession|Implemented<br>Signed and|
|Japan-ASEAN Closer Economic Partnership<br>|2002|Partial Scope|<br>realization by 10 yrs|
|Singapore-EFTA (Iceland, Norway,<br>Switzerland)|2003|Free Trade Agreement|Implemented<br>Signed and|
|ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA)|2003|Partial Scope|<br>realization by 2010|
|ASEAN-India Regional Trade Agreement|2003|Econ Integration Agreement|Signed|
|ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Area|2004|Partial Scope|On-going negotiations|
|Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership|2006|Free Trade Agreement|Signed|
|Korea-EFTA (Iceland, Norway, Switzerland)|2006|Free Trade Agreement|Signed|
|**Bilateral Agreements**||||
|Laos-Thailand|1991|Partial Scope|Implemented|
|Singapore-New Zealand|2001|Econ Integration Agreement|Implemented|
|Singapore-Japan|2002|Free Trade Agreement|Signed|
|Singapore-Australia|2003|Free Trade Agreement|Implemented|
|Japan-Korea|2003|Free Trade Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Thailand-India|2003|Econ Integration Agreement|Implemented|
|China-Hong Kong (CEPA)|2004|Econ Integration Agreement|Signed|
|China-Macao|2004|Econ Integration Agreement|Signed|
|Korea-Chile|2004|Econ Integration Agreement|Signed|
|Singapore-United States|2004|Econ Integration Agreement|Signed|
|Hong Kong-New Zealand|2005|Econ Integration Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Japan-Mexico|2005|Econ Integration Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Thailand-Australia|2005|Econ Integration Agreement|Implemented|
|Thailand-New Zealand|2005|Free Trade Agreement|Signed|
|Singapore-Canada|2006|Free Trade Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Singapore-Chile|2006|Free Trade Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Singapore-India|2005|Free Trade Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Singapore-Jordan|2005|Free Trade Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Singapore-Korea|2006|Free Trade Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Singapore-Mexico|2006|Free Trade Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Singapore-Panama|2006|Free Trade Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|China-Chile|2006|Free Trade Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Japan--Canada|2006|Econ Integration Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Japan-Malaysia|2006|Free Trade Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Korea-Australia|2006|Econ Integration Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Korea-New Zealand|2006|<br>Econ Integration Agreement|<br>On-going negotiations|
|Korea-United States|2007|Econ Integration Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Korea-Mexico|2007|Econ Integration Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Japan-Chile|2007|Econ Integration Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Malaysia-United States|2007|Econ Integration Agreement|On-going negotiations|
|Philippines-United States|2007|Econ Integration Agreement|On-goingnegotiations|

Sources: WTO web data and various info from the web.