Table 1.3.Negotiations launched

Bilateral

Total

• Australia-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement
• Australia-United Arab Emirates Free Trade Agreement (now Australia-GCC Free Trade Agreement)
• Bangladesh-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement
• Hong Kong, China-New Zealand Closer Economic Partnership Agreement
• India-Egypt Preferential Trade Agreement
• Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
• Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement
• Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement
• Malaysia-Pakistan Closer Economic Partnership Agreement
• New Zealand-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement
• Pakistan-Mauritius Preferential Trade Agreement
• Republic of Korea-Canada Free Trade Agreement
• Singapore-Mexico Free Trade Agreement
• Singapore-Panama Free Trade Agreement
• India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement¹
• Japan-Republic of Chile Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement²
• Japan-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement³
• Pakistan-People's Republic of China Free Trade Agreement⁴
• Pakistan-Singapore Free Trade Agreement⁵
• Pakistan-Türkiye Preferential Trade Agreement⁶
• Singapore-Canada Free Trade Agreement⁷
• Thailand-United States Free Trade Agreement⁸

Plurilateral

Plurilateral + Plurilateral

• Pacific ACP-EC Economic Partnership Agreement⁹

Plurilateral+ Country/Economy

• People's Republic of China-Southern African Customs Union Free Trade Agreement
• ASEAN-Australia and New Zealand Free Trade Agreement¹⁰
• People's Republic of China-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement¹¹
• Thailand-European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement¹²

TOTAL

27

Notes :

¹Entry into force: 1 April 2021.
• https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1708794
  
²Entered into force 3 Sep 2007.
• https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/latin/chile/joint0709-3.html
  
³Negotiations suspended.
• https://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/fta/index.html
  
⁴Negotiations launched in Apr 2005, signed in Nov 2006, entered into force in Jul 2007, agreement on trade in services entered into force in Oct 2009, second phase entered into force Dec 2019.
• http://fta.mofcom.gov.cn/topic/enpakistan.shtml
  
⁵Third round of negotiations 3-5 May 2006.
• https://www.mti.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Releases/2006/05/Third-Round-of-Pakistan-Singapore-FTA-Negotiations#:~:text=The%20Governments%20of%20the%20Islamic,5%20May%202006%20in%20Singapore.
  
⁶Pakistan and Turkey on August 2022 signed the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) aimed at boosting trade in goods between the two countries.
• https://tribune.com.pk/story/2370762/pakistan-turkey-sign-preferential-trade-agreement
  
⁷Negotiations on-hold since Nov 2009.
• https://www.international.gc.ca/trade-commerce/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/singapore-singapour/fta-ale/background-contexte.aspx?lang=eng
  
⁸Negotiations on going.
• https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/thailand-trade-agreements
  
⁹Signed and in effect: On 17 July 2014 Fiji decided to start provisionally applying the Agreement.
• http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2009/september/tradoc_144912.pdf
  
¹⁰FTA Upgrade Proposed/Under Consideration/Study; Round 1 of negotiations to upgrade AANZFTA, along with discussions on trade and sustainable development, will take place at the 12th FJC Meeting in early-2020, scheduled to be held in New Zealand
• FTA Upgrade Proposed/Under Consideration/Study
  
• Round 1 of negotiations to upgrade AANZFTA, along with discussions on trade and sustainable development, will take place at the 12th FJC Meeting in early-2020, scheduled to be held in New Zealand.
  
¹¹Ninth round of negotiations 19-21 Dec 2016.
• http://fta.mofcom.gov.cn/enarticle/engcc/engccnews/201612/33922_1.html
  
¹²First round of negotiations 28-30 Jun 2022 after the relaunch of negotiations 21 Jun 2022; Negotiations on-hold from 2006 to 2022.
• https://www.efta.int/Free-Trade/news/EFTA-States-and-Thailand-meet-their-first-round-negotiations-towards-free-trade-agreement-530541
  
• https://www.efta.int/free-trade/ongoing-negotiations-talks/thailand