Table 5. Plurilateral FTAs by WTO Notification and Status, 2000 and 2017
| PLURILATERAL FTAs | WTO NOTIFIED | NOT WTO NOTIFIED | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
| Signed and In Effect | Signed but not yet In Effect | Negotiations launched | (FA) signed | Proposed | Total Not Notified | Notified & Not Notified | ||||||||||
| 2000 | 2017 | 2000 | 2017 | 2000 | 2017 | 2000 | 2017 | 2000 | 2017 | 2000 | 2017 | 2000 | 2017 | 2000 | 2017 | |
| Asian Plurilateral | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| Asian Plurilateral + Asian Country | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Non-Asian Plurilateral + Asian Country | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| Cross-regional Plurilateral | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Asian Plurilateral + Non-Asian Plurilateral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cross-regional Plurilateral + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cross-regional Plurilateral + Asian Country | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Cross-regional Plurilateral + Non-Asian Plurilateral | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cross-regional Plurilateral + Non-Asian Country | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
TOTAL |
5 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 69 |
| Notes: Asian Plurilateral - refers to groupings of more than two economies where all the members are Asian economies. Cross-regional - refers to groupings of more than two economies where the members are a combination of Asian and non-Asian economies. For notes on status of FTAs, please refer to notes in Table 1. For notes on WTO notification, please refer to Table 2. Last updated 16 Jan 2024. |
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