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 This is list of free-trade agreements between two sides, where each side could be a country (or other customs territory), a trade bloc or an informal group of countries. Note: Every customs union, common market, economic union, customs and mon ...

; 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 An economic union is a type of trade bloc which is composed of a common market with a customs union. The participant countries have both common policies on product regulation, freedom of movement of goods, services and the factors of produc ...

, customs and monetary union 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 A free-trade area is the region encompassing a trade bloc whose member countries have signed a free trade agreement (FTA). Such agreements involve cooperation between at least two countries to reduce trade barriers, import quotas and tariffs, and ...

; these are listed on these separate articles and are not included below. For a general explanation, see

World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and ...
agreements

* General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of 1994 **

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 J ...

** Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures ** Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade ** Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures **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 *

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 ...

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is an international legal agreement between all the member nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It establishes minimum standards for the regulation by nat ...

* Dispute Settlement Understanding *Trade Policy Review Mechanism *Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft *

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. * International Dairy Agreement, this agreement was terminated end 1997. * Information Technology Agreement *

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 th ...

Operating agreements

* African Continental Free Trade Area - 2019 *

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 Pact ...

- 1969 *

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 * ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) - 2010 *

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 2 ...

(APTA) - 1975 *

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 *

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 ...

(CEFTA) - 1992 * Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - 1994 *

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, Moldo ...

(CISFTA) - 2011 * Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) - 1997 *

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: ''Tratado de Libre ...

(DR-CAFTA) - 2004 * East African Community (EAC) - 2005 * Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement (ECOTA) - 2003 * Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) - 2015 * European Economic Area (EEA; European Union–Norway–Iceland–Liechtenstein) - 1994 * European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - 1960 * European Union Customs Union (EUCU; European Union–Turkey–Monaco–San Marino–Andorra) - 1958 * G-3 Free Trade Agreement (G-3) - 1995 * Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - 1981 * International Grains Agreement - 1995 Comprising a Grains Trade Convention (GTC) and a Food Aid Convention (FAC) * Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) - 1992 * Pacific Alliance Free Trade Area (PAFTA) - 2012 * South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) - 2004 * Southern African Development Community#SADC FTA, Southern African Development Community Free Trade Area (SADCFTA) - 1980 * Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) - 1991 * Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) - 2018 * United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) - 2020 * Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) - 2022

Proposed agreements

* African Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) between Southern African Development Community, SADC, East African Community, EAC and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, COMESA * Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) * Association of Caribbean States (ACS) * BIMSTEC, Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) * CANZUK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom Union (CANZUK) * China–Japan–South Korea Free Trade Agreement * Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) * Commonwealth free trade, Commonwealth Free Trade Area (CFTA) * Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) * Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) * Economic Partnership Agreements (EU-ACP) * Euro-Mediterranean free trade area (EU-MEFTA) * Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) * Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP), proposed APEC FTA * GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM) * Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) * Open Balkan * Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER and PACER Plus) * 2021 Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA) * Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) * Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) * Tripartite Free Trade Area (T-FTA) * Union of South American Nations (USAN)

Agreements no longer active

*Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries [APEF] - 1974 *Caribbean Free Trade Association [CARIFTA] - 1968 *International Bauxite Association [IBA] - 1974 *International Tin Council, International Tin Agreement - 1956 *Multi Fibre Arrangement - 1974 *North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - 1994Was effective 01/01/199
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Agreements signed but never in effect

* Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - signed 2016, signature withdrawn by the United States in 2017 thus rendering the agreement unratifiable.

References

External links

bilaterals.org
- ''"Everything that's not happening at the WTO"''
fightingftas.org

FTAs submitted to the WTO

Americas FTAs

EU-ACP countries Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) Negotiations: Where do we stand?

Singapore official FTA site

EFTA official site

Australia official FTA site

Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements Notified to the WTO: developed by WorldTradeLaw.net and Bryan Mercurio

ptas.mcgill.ca

- Interactive list of bilateral and multilateral free trade instruments {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Free Trade Agreements Trade blocs, * International trade-related lists Lists of treaties, Free trade treaties Free trade agreements, Globalization-related lists

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