Table 1.5.Signed and in effect

Bilateral	Total
Afghanistan-India Preferential Trading Agreement Armenia-Georgia Free Trade Area Armenia-Kazakhstan Free Trade Agreement Armenia-Kyrgyz Republic Free Trade Agreement Armenia-Moldova Free Trade Agreement Armenia-Russian Federation Free Trade Agreement Armenia-Tajikistan Free Trade Agreement Armenia-Turkmenistan Free Trade Agreement Armenia-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement Australia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement Australia-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement Australia-Papua New Guinea Free Trade Agreement Australia-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement Australia-Thailand Free Trade Agreement Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement Azerbaijan-Georgia Free Trade Agreement Azerbaijan-Russian Federation Free Trade Agreement Azerbaijan-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Bhutan-India Trade Agreement Brunei Darussalam-Japan Free Trade Agreement Georgia-Kazakhstan Free Trade Agreement Georgia-Russian Federation Free Trade Agreement Georgia-Turkmenistan Free Trade Agreement Georgia-Uzbekistan Free Trade Agreement Hong Kong, China-New Zealand Closer Economic Partnership Agreement Hong-Kong, China-Chile Free Trade Agreement India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement India-Malaysia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement Indo-Nepal Treaty of Trade Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement Japan-Malaysia Economic Partnership Agreement Japan-Mexico Economic Partnership Agreement Japan-Peru Free Trade Agreement Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement Japan-Singapore Economic Agreement for a New-Age Partnership Japan-Switzerland Economic Partnership Agreement Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement Japan-Viet Nam Economic Partnership Agreement Kazakhstan-Russia Free Trade Agreement Kazakhstan-Ukraine FTA Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan Free Trade Agreement Kyrgyz Republic-Kazakhstan Free Trade Agreement Kyrgyz Republic-Moldova Free Trade Agreement Kyrgyz Republic-Russia Free Trade Agreement Kyrgyz Republic-Tajikistan Free Trade Agreement Kyrgyz Republic-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Kyrgyz Republic-Uzbekistan Free Trade Agreement Laos-Thailand Preferential Trading Arrangement Malaysia-Chile Free Trade Agreement Malaysia-Pakistan Closer Economic Partnership Agreement Malaysia-Türkiye Free Trade Agreement New Zealand-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement New Zealand-Taipei,China Economic Cooperation Agreement New Zealand-Thailand Closer Economic Partnership Agreement Pakistan-Mauritius Preferential Trade Agreement Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement Pakistan-US Trade and Investment Framework Agreement People's Republic of China-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement People's Republic of China-Iceland Free Trade Agreement People's Republic of China-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement People's Republic of China-Thailand Free Trade Agreement Republic of Korea-Canada Free Trade Agreement Republic of Korea-Peru Free Trade Agreement Republic of Korea-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Republic of Korea-Türkiye Free Trade Agreement Singapore-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement Singapore-Panama Free Trade Agreement Singapore-Peru Free Trade Agreement Singapore-Taipei,China FTA Singapore-United States Free Trade Agreement Sri Lanka-Iran Preferential Trade Agreement Taipei,China and Nicaragua Free Trade Agreement Taipei,China and Panama Free Trade Agreement Tajikistan-Belarus Free Trade Agreement Tajikistan-Russia Free Trade Agreement Tajikistan-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Tajikistan-Uzbekistan Free Trade Agreement Thailand-Peru Free Trade Agreement Turkmenistan-Russia Free Trade Agreement Uzbekistan-Moldova Free Trade Agreement Uzbekistan-Russia Free Trade Agreement Uzbekistan-Ukraine FTA Viet Nam-Chile Free Trade Agreement Australia-People's Republic of China Free Trade Agreement¹ Australia-Singapore Free Trade Agreement² Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Free Trade Agreement³ Azerbaijan-Moldova Free Trade Agreement⁴ Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan Free Trade Agreement⁵ Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan Free Trade Agreement⁶ Georgia-Türkiye Free Trade Agreement⁷ Georgia-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement ⁸ Hong Kong [, China] and Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement⁹ India-Chile Preferential Trading Agreement¹⁰ India-Republic of Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement¹¹ Indonesia-Pakistan Preferential Trade Agreement¹² Japan-Mongolia Economic Partnership Agreement¹³ Japan-Republic of Chile Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement¹⁴ Marshall Islands-United States Compact of Free Association¹⁵ Micronesia-United States Compact of Free Association¹⁶ New Zealand-People's Republic of China Free Trade Agreement¹⁷ New Zealand-Singapore Closer Economic Partnership¹⁸ Pakistan-People's Republic of China Free Trade Agreement¹⁹ Palau-United States Compact of Free Association²⁰ People's Republic of China-Chile Free Trade Agreement²¹ People's Republic of China-Georgia Free Trade Agreement²² People's Republic of China-Hong Kong, China Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement²³ People's Republic of China-Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement²⁴ People's Republic of China-Peru Free Trade Agreement²⁵ People's Republic of China-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement²⁶ People's Republic of China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement²⁷ Republic of Korea-Chile Free Trade Agreement²⁸ Republic of Korea-Colombia Free Trade Agreement²⁹ Republic of Korea-New Zealand Closer Economic Partnership³⁰ Republic of Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement³¹ Republic of Korea-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement³² Singapore-Jordan Free Trade Agreement³³ Singapore-Türkiye FTA³⁴ Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement³⁵ Thailand-Chile Free Trade Agreement³⁶	123
Plurilateral
Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area Eurasian Economic Union Melanesian Spearhead Group Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement Preferential Tariff Arrangement-Group of Eight Developing Countries South Asian Free Trade Area South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement ASEAN Free Trade Area³⁷ Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement³⁸ Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership³⁹ Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement⁴⁰ Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova Free Trade Agreement⁴¹ Taipei,China-El Salvador-Honduras Free Trade Agreement⁴²	14
Plurilateral + Plurilateral
Pacific ACP-EC Economic Partnership Agreement⁴³	1
Plurilateral+ Country/Economy
ASEAN-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement ASEAN-People's Republic of China Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement ASEAN-Republic of Korea Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement Hong Kong, China-European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement Republic of Korea-European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement Republic of Korea-European Union Free Trade Agreement Singapore-European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement Singapore-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement ASEAN-Australia and New Zealand Free Trade Agreement⁴⁴ ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership ⁴⁵ Georgia-EFTA Free Trade Agreement⁴⁶ Georgia-EU Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area⁴⁷ India-MERCOSUR Preferential Trade Agreement⁴⁸ Philippines-European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement⁴⁹ Viet Nam-Eurasian Economic Union Free Trade Agreement⁵⁰	15
TOTAL	153
Notes :
¹Entered into force: 20 December 2015. Source : http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/chafta/Pages/australia-china-fta.aspx ²On 8 December 2020, the Australia-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement (DEA) entered into force. https://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/services-and-digital-trade/Pages/australia-and-singapore-digital-economy-agreement ³Entered into force: 1997. Source : http://www.unescap.org/content/aptiad/ ⁴Entered into force: 1995. Source : http://www.unescap.org/content/aptiad/ ⁵Entered into force: 1996. Source : http://www.unescap.org/content/aptiad/ ⁶Entered into force: 1996. Source : http://www.unescap.org/content/aptiad/ ⁷FTA expansion negotiations concluded: 21 February 2018. http://agenda.ge/en/news/2018/393 http://country.eiu.com/article.aspx?articleid=1566483340&Country=Turkey&topic=Economy&subtopic=Forecast&subsubtopic=External+sector&u=1&pid=1746448558&oid=1746448558&uid=1 ⁸Signed 21 May 2019: Protocol that amended their bilateral free trade agreement allowing for Regional pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention preferential rules of origin to be used as a basis for defining rules of origin of the goods. http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2019/may/tradoc_157890.pdf ⁹HK-Macao CEPA entered into force on the date of signature: 27 October 2017. https://www.tid.gov.hk/english/ita/fta/hkmacao/index.html ¹⁰26 August 2019: New Delhi, India. Chile and India sign terms of reference to deepen trade agreement; 16 October 2020: Chile and India agree to quickly advance in the deepening of their trade agreement during first meeting of their High-Level Joint Commission. http://www.sice.oas.org/tpd/chl_ind/CHL_IND_e.ASP ¹¹FTA upgrade negotiations launched, eight rounds of negotiations have been held with Republic of Korea for upgrading the existing comprehensive FTA. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/india-seeks-review-of-ftas-with-asean-japan-goyal/articleshow/72259761.cms?from=mdr ¹²The Indonesia-Pakistan Preferential Trade Agreement (IP-PTA) has become a Trade in Goods Agreement, the IP-PTA Amendment Protocol has been ratified through Presidential Decree No 114/2018 which was issued on 12 November 2018. https://ftacenter.kemendag.go.id/ip-pta ¹³Entered into force: 7 June 2016. Source : http://www.mofa.go.jp/press/release/press3e_000062.html ¹⁴Entered into force 3 Sep 2007. https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/latin/chile/joint0709-3.html ¹⁵FTA amendment proposed: The United States held initial consultations with the governments of the three nations on May 27 and 28, 2020 to organize the talks. https://www.state.gov/first-round-of-2020-compact-negotiations-with-the-republic-of-the-marshall-islands-and-the-federated-states-of-micronesia-and-compact-review-discussions-with-palau/ ¹⁶FTA amendment proposed: The United States held initial consultations with the governments of the three nations on May 27 and 28, 2020 to organize the talks. https://www.state.gov/first-round-of-2020-compact-negotiations-with-the-republic-of-the-marshall-islands-and-the-federated-states-of-micronesia-and-compact-review-discussions-with-palau/ ¹⁷FTA upgrade signed and in effect: 26 January 2021. https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/China-and-New-Zealand-sign-upgraded-free-trade-deal ¹⁸FTA upgrade signed and in effect: 1 January 2020. https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/trade/free-trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements-in-force/nz-singapore-closer-economic-partnership/ ¹⁹Negotiations 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 ²⁰FTA amendment proposed: The United States held initial consultations with the governments of the three nations on May 27 and 28, 2020 to organize the talks. https://www.state.gov/first-round-of-2020-compact-negotiations-with-the-republic-of-the-marshall-islands-and-the-federated-states-of-micronesia-and-compact-review-discussions-with-palau/ ²¹FTA upgrade signed and in effect : The Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Chile on Revising China-Chile Free Trade Agreement and Supplementary Agreement on Trade in Services of the Free Trade Agreement comes into force on March 1. http://fta.mofcom.gov.cn/enarticle/enrelease/201903/39926_1.html ²²Entry into force: 1 January 2018. http://fta.mofcom.gov.cn/enarticle/enrelease/201801/36884_1.html ²³Agreement Concerning Amendment to the CEPA Agreement on Trade in Services to be implemented on June 1 2020. https://www.tid.gov.hk/english/aboutus/presspeech/press/2020/20200529.html ²⁴FTA upgrade signed and in effect: 1 January 2019; CEPA Trade in Goods Agreement. http://fta.mofcom.gov.cn/enarticle/enrelease/201812/39637_1.html ²⁵FTA Upgrade Negotiations Launched: 21 November 2018. http://fta.mofcom.gov.cn/enarticle/enrelease/201811/39437_1.html ²⁶2nd phase of FTA negotiations: 1 March 2021. https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/china-s-korea-actively-promoting-2nd-phase-fta-negotiations-shows-increasing-mutual-political-trust-expert/ ²⁷Upgrade Protocol of China-Singapore FTA signed and in effect. June 2021 status: FTA Upgrade Negotiations Launched. http://fta.mofcom.gov.cn/enarticle/enrelease/202104/44818_1.html ²⁸FTA upgrade negotiations launched 19 November 2020. Fourth round of negotiations to modernize FTA. http://www.sice.oas.org/TPD/CHL_KOR/CHL_KOR_e.ASP#Background ²⁹Entered into force: 15 July 2016. Source : http://english.motie.go.kr/?p=6782&paged=0 ³⁰Entered into force: 20 December 2015. Source: https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/trade/free-trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements-in-force/nz-korea-free-trade-agreement/ ³¹FTA upgrade signed and in effect: 1 January 2019. https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/IF10733.pdf ³²Entered into force: 20 December 2015. Source: http://wtocenter.vn/other-agreement/vietnam-rok-free-trade-agreement-becomes-effective ³³Entry into force 22 August 2005. https://www.enterprisesg.gov.sg/Grow-Your-Business/go-global/international-agreements/free-trade-agreements/find-an-fta/SJFTA ³⁴Entry into force: 1 October 2017. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/turkey-singapore-fta-to-come-into-force-in-october-9142914 ³⁵Signed and in effect: 1 May 2018. https://www.mti.gov.sg/NewsRoom/Pages/Sri-Lanka-Singapore-Free-Trade-Agreement-enters-into-force-on-1-May-2018.aspx ³⁶Signed and In Effect: 5 Nov 2015. Sources : http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/free-trade-pact-with-chile-now-in-effect http://www.freshplaza.com/article/149555/Chile-Thailand-FTA-comes-into-effect http://www.sice.oas.org/TPD/CHL_THA/CHL_THA_e.ASP ³⁷FTA expansion signed but not yet in effect; ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement was signed on 23 October 2020; Singapore ratified on 6 April 2021. https://asean.org/asean-signs-trade-services-agreement-2/ https://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/singapore-ratifies-asean-services-trade-agreement-first-member-state-to-do-so ³⁸PRC-Mongolia Mutually Implemented Schedules of Concessions under APTA on January 1, 2021. http://fta.mofcom.gov.cn/enarticle/enpacific/enasiapacificnews/202101/44180_1.html ³⁹UK formally expressed interest to join 31 January 2021; Philippines formally expressed interest to join 25 March 2021. https://business.inquirer.net/319987/ph-wants-to-join-mega-free-trade-pact https://www.businesstoday.in/current/world/uk-to-join-asia-pacific-free-trade-pact-cptpp/story/429652.html ⁴⁰Signed: 2003; Entered into force: 2008. Source : http://artnet.unescap.org/APTIAD/viewagreement.aspx?id=ECOTA ⁴¹13 Dec 2019: Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova have signed an agreement to form an integrated economic zone and to extend a free trade agreement. http://georgiatoday.ge/news/18647/Georgia%2C-Ukraine%2C-Azerbaijan-and-Moldova-to-Create-Unified-Economic-Zone-and-Enhance-Free-trade ⁴²Taipei,[China] May 11 (CNA) [Taipei,China] will suspend implementation of a free trade agreement (FTA) with El Salvador from May 15, following the former Central American diplomatic ally's decision to repeal the deal Taipei,[China] May 11 (CNA) [Taipei,China] will suspend implementation of a free trade agreement (FTA) with El Salvador from May 15, following the former Central American diplomatic ally's decision to repeal the deal. ⁴³Signed 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 ⁴⁴FTA 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. ⁴⁵First Protocol to Amend in force: 1 August 2020. https://www.mofa.go.jp/press/release/press4e_002843.html ⁴⁶Entry into force: 1 September 2017 for Georgia, Iceland and Norway; Pending for Liechtenstein and Switzerland. http://www.efta.int/free-trade/free-trade-agreements/georgia ⁴⁷Entered into force: 01-Sep-2014. http://www.eu-nato.gov.ge/en/eu/cooperation ⁴⁸FTA expansion negotiations launched. https://commerce.gov.in/international_nextDetail_WTO.aspx?LinkID=32&idwto=33 ⁴⁹The EFTA-Philippines FTA entered into force on 1 June 2018 for the Philippines, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland and on 1 January 2020 for Iceland. Due to pending internal issues, the Philippines’ customs authorities were not in a position to apply the tariff commitments under the Agreement upon entry into force of the EFTA-Philippines FTA. On 10 December 2018, the Philippines confirmed that their internal procedures were concluded and the EFTA-Philippines FTA had been fully implemented since 24 October 2018. https://www.efta.int/free-trade/Free-Trade-Agreement/Philippines ⁵⁰Signed and in effect: 5 October 2016. https://www.rt.com/business/361654-russia-vietnam-eeu-trade/ http://tass.com/economy/904384

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