This is a list of multilateral free-trade agreements, between several countries all treated equally. For agreements between two countries, between a bloc and a country, or between two blocs, see
list of bilateral free-trade agreements; these are not listed below.
Every
customs union
A customs union is generally defined as a type of trade bloc which is composed of a free trade area with a common external tariff.GATTArticle 24 s. 8 (a)
Customs unions are established through trade pacts where the participant countries set up ...
,
common market
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lisbo ...
,
economic union,
customs and monetary union
A customs and monetary union is a type of trade bloc which is composed of a customs union and a currency union. The participant countries have both common external trade policy and share a single currency.
Customs and monetary union is establis ...
and
economic and monetary union
An economic and monetary union (EMU) is a type of trade bloc that features a combination of a common market, customs union, and monetary union. Established via a trade pact, an EMU constitutes the sixth of seven stages in the process of economic ...
is also a
free-trade area; these are listed on these separate articles and are not included below.
For a general explanation, see
free-trade area.
World Trade Organization agreements
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of 1994
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Agreement on Agriculture
The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) is an international treaty of the World Trade Organization. It was negotiated during the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and entered into force with the establishment of the WTO on Ja ...
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Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, commonly referred to as the TBT Agreement, is an international treaty administered by the World Trade Organization. It was last renegotiated during the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs ...
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Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures
The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) are rules that are applicable to the domestic regulations a country applies to foreign investors, often as part of an industrial policy. The agreement, concluded in 1994, was negotiated ...
**Agreement on Anti-Dumping
**Agreement on Customs Valuation
**Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
**Agreement on Rules of Origin
**Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
**Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
**Agreement on Safeguards
**Agreement on Trade Facilitation
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General Agreement on Trade in Services
The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is a treaty of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which entered into force in January 1995 as a result of the Uruguay Round negotiations. The treaty was created to extend the multilateral trading sy ...
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Dispute Settlement Understanding Dispute settlement or dispute settlement system (DSS) is regarded by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as the central pillar of the multilateral trading system, and as the organization's "unique contribution to the stability of the global economy". ...
*Trade Policy Review Mechanism
*Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
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Agreement on Government Procurement
The Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) is a plurilateral agreement under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which regulates the procurement of goods and services by the public authorities of the parties to the agreement, b ...
*Arrangement regarding Bovine Meat, this agreement was terminated end 1997.
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International Dairy Agreement, this agreement was terminated end 1997.
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Information Technology Agreement
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Bali Package
The Bali Package is a trade agreement resulting from the Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Bali, Indonesia on 3–7 December 2013. It is aimed at lowering global trade barriers and is the first agreement reached ...
Operating agreements
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African Continental Free Trade Area
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a free trade area encompassing most of Africa. It was established in 2018 by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, which has 43 parties and another 11 signatories, making it the larg ...
- 2019
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Andean Community
The Andean Community ( es, Comunidad Andina, CAN) is a free trade area with the objective of creating a customs union comprising the South American countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The trade bloc was called the Andean Pa ...
- 1969
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ASEAN Free Trade Area
The ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) is a trade bloc agreement by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations supporting local trade and manufacturing in all ASEAN countries, and facilitating economic integration with regional and international alli ...
(AFTA) - 1992
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ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) - 2010
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Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement
ThAsia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) previously
known as thBangkok Agreementand renamed 2 November 2005, was signed in 1975. It is the oldest preferential trade agreement between countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The APTA covers market for ...
(APTA) - 1975
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Central American Integration System
The Central American Integration System ( es, Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana, or SICA) has been the economic and political organization of Central American states since 1 February 1993. On 13 December 1991, the ODECA countries (Spa ...
(SICA) - 1993
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Central European Free Trade Agreement
The Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) is an international trade agreement between countries mostly located in Southeastern Europe. Founded by representatives of Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, CEFTA expanded to Albania, Bosnia and ...
(CEFTA) - 1992
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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini. COMESA was formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area whic ...
(COMESA) - 1994
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Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area
Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area (CISFTA) is a free-trade area among Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. Five CISFTA participants, all except Ukraine, Uzbekistan, ...
(CISFTA) - 2011
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Greater Arab Free Trade Area
The Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU) (Arabic: ) was founded by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen on May 30, 1964, following an agreement in 1957 by ...
(GAFTA) - 1997
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Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement
:''Note: Within this article, "CAFTA" refers to the agreement as it stood before January 2004, and "CAFTA-DR" is used after that.''
The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR; Spanish language, Spanish: ' ...
(DR-CAFTA) - 2004
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East African Community
The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation composed of seven countries in the Great Lakes region of East Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republics of Kenya, Buru ...
(EAC) - 2005
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Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement (ECOTA) - 2003
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Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) - 2015
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European Economic Area (EEA;
European Union–
Norway–
Iceland–
Liechtenstein) - 1994
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European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - 1960
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European Union Customs Union
The European Union Customs Union (EUCU), formally known as the Community Customs Union, is a customs union which consists of all the member states of the European Union (EU), Monaco, and the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dheke ...
(EUCU;
European Union–
Turkey–
Monaco–
San Marino–
Andorra
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) - 1958
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G-3 Free Trade Agreement (G-3) - 1995
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Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - 1981
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International Grains Agreement - 1995 Comprising a Grains Trade Convention (GTC) and a Food Aid Convention (FAC)
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Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
The Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) is a regional international organization focusing on multilateral political and economic initiatives aimed at fostering cooperation, peace, stability and prosperity in the Black Sea ...
(BSEC) - 1992
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Pacific Alliance
The Pacific Alliance ( es, link=no, Alianza del Pacífico) is a Latin American trade bloc, formed by Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, which all border the Pacific Ocean. The alliance was formed with the express purpose of improving regional in ...
Free Trade Area (PAFTA) - 2012
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South Asian Free Trade Area
The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) is a 2004 agreement that created a free-trade area of 1.6 billion people in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with the vision of increasing economic cooper ...
(SAFTA) - 2004
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Southern African Development Community Free Trade Area (SADCFTA) - 1980
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Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) - 1991
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(CPTPP) - 2018
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United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
The Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) Commonly known as the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) in the United States and the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CU ...
(USMCA) - 2020
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Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP ) is a free trade agreement among the Asia-Pacific nations of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Si ...
(RCEP) - 2022
Proposed agreements
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African Free Trade Zone
The African Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) is a free trade zone announced at the EAC-SADC-COMESA Summit on 22 October 2008 by the heads of Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the ...
(AFTZ) between
SADC,
EAC EAC may refer to:
Education
* Eastern Arizona College, in Thatcher, Arizona, United States
* Emilio Aguinaldo College, in Manila, Philippines
Government and politics
* East African Community, a trade bloc
* East Asian Community, a proposed tr ...
and
COMESA
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini. COMESA was formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area wh ...
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Arab Maghreb Union
The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) or simply the Maghreb Union (MU) ( ar, اتحاد المغرب العربي ', french: Union du Maghreb Arabe) is a political union and economic union trade agreement aiming for economic and future political unity am ...
(UMA)
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Association of Caribbean States
The Association of Caribbean States (ACS; es, Asociación de Estados del Caribe; french: Association des États de la Caraïbe) is an advisory association of nations centered on the Caribbean Basin. It was formed with the aim of promoting con ...
(ACS)
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(BIMSTEC)
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Canada, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom Union (CANZUK)
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China–Japan–South Korea Free Trade Agreement The China–Japan-South Korea Free Trade Agreement is a proposed free trade agreement between China, Japan and South Korea. The China-Japan-South Korea Free TradAgreementwas proposed in 2002. Negotiations on the agreement were set in motion in 2012 ...
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Community of Sahel-Saharan States
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...
(CEN-SAD)
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Commonwealth Free Trade Area (CFTA)
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Economic Community of Central African States
The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS; french: Communauté Économique des États de l'Afrique Centrale, CEEAC; es, Comunidad Económica de los Estados de África Central, CEEAC; pt, Comunidade Económica dos Estados da Áfr ...
(ECCAS)
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Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
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Economic Partnership Agreements
Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are a scheme to create a free trade area (FTA) between the European Union and other countries. They are a response to continuing criticism that the non-reciprocal and discriminating preferential trade agre ...
(EU-ACP)
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Euro-Mediterranean free trade area
The European Union-Mediterranean Free Trade Area (EU-MED FTA, EMFTA), also called the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area or Euromed FTA, is based on the Barcelona Process and European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The Barcelona Process, developed a ...
(EU-MEFTA)
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Free Trade Area of the Americas
The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) was a proposed agreement to eliminate or reduce the trade barriers among all countries in the Americas, excluding Cuba. Negotiations to establish the FTAA ended in failure, however, with all parties unab ...
(FTAA)
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Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP), proposed
APEC
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region. FTA
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GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM)
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Intergovernmental Authority on Development
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is an eight-country trade bloc in Africa. It includes governments from the Horn of Africa, Nile Valley and the African Great Lakes. It is headquartered in Djibouti.
Member states
;Horn of A ...
(IGAD)
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Open Balkan
The Open Balkan (; ; ) is an economic and political zone of three member states in the Balkans, those being Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia. The zone has a total area of and an estimated total population of almost 12million located in Centr ...
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Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations
The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) is an umbrella agreement between members of the Pacific Islands Forum (the Forum Island Countries plus Australia and New Zealand) which provides a framework for the future development of ...
(PACER and PACER Plus)
* 2021
Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)
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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
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Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA)
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Tripartite Free Trade Area (T-FTA)
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Union of South American Nations
The Union of South American Nations (USAN; es, links=no, Unión de Naciones Suramericanas, UNASUR; pt, links=no, União de Nações Sul-Americanas, UNASUL; nl, links=no, Unie van Zuid-Amerikaanse Naties, UZAN; French: ''Union des nations s ...
(USAN)
Agreements no longer active
*Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries
PEF- 1974
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Caribbean Free Trade Association
The Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) was organised on 1 May 1968, to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean. The agreements establishing it came following the dissolution of the W ...
ARIFTA- 1968
*International Bauxite Association
BA- 1974
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International Tin Agreement - 1956
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Multi Fibre Arrangement The Multi Fibre Arrangement (MFA) governed the world trade in textiles and garments from 1974 through 1994, imposing quotas on the amount developing countries could export to developed countries. Its successor, the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing ...
- 1974
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - 1994
[Was effective 01/01/199]
WT/REG4/W/1
Agreements signed but never in effect
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Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), or Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, was a highly contested proposed trade agreement between 12 Pacific Rim economies, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Pe ...
(TPP) - signed 2016, signature withdrawn by the United States in 2017 thus rendering the agreement unratifiable.
See also
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Free trade areas in Europe (with maps)
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List of bilateral free-trade agreements
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List of country groupings
Groups of countries or regions are often referred to by a single term (word, phrase, or abbreviation). The origins of such terms include political alliances, intergovernmental organizations, business market areas, and mere colloquialism.
A ...
References
External links
bilaterals.org- ''"Everything that's not happening at the WTO"''
fightingftas.orgFTAs submitted to the WTOAmericas FTAsEU-ACP countries Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) Negotiations: Where do we stand?Singapore official FTA siteEFTA official siteAustralia official FTA siteBilateral and Regional Trade Agreements Notified to the WTO: developed by WorldTradeLaw.net and Bryan Mercurioptas.mcgill.ca- Interactive list of bilateral and multilateral free trade instruments
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International trade-related lists
Free trade treaties
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