Trade and Investment
ASEAN Free Trade Area
(AFTA)
FTA expansion signed but not yet in effect; ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement was signed on 23 October 2020; Singapore ratified on 6 April 2021
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Signed and In Effect
Notified to the WTO
Notified to the WTO
- Enabling Clause
Members
Relevant Dates
- Signed and In Effect
1993-01-01 - Signed but not yet In Effect
1992-01-28 - Notified to the WTO
Enabling Clause 1992-10-30
Updates
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ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) SecretariatSigned and in effect: 24 Feb 2012
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FTA expansion signed but not yet in effect; ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement was signed on 23 October 2020; Singapore ratified on 6 April 2021.
ASEANSigned and in effect: 23 Oct 2020
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ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) SecretariatSigned and in effect: 17 May 2010
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ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) SecretariatSigned and in effect: 12 Aug 1998
Legal Documents
News
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to attract more foreign investments [in the Philippines]Manila Times27 Jul 2021
- Digital trade between Indonesia, Philippines must be strengthenedAntara26 Jul 2021
- [Cambodia], [Thailand] trade bodies form alliancePhnom Penh Post14 Jul 2021
- Cambodia sowing seeds for more milled-rice sales to [People's Republic of] China, ASEANPhnom Penh Post7 Jul 2021
Opinions and Editorials
- Mechanisation of Southeast Asia’s sugar cane harvest, including Cambodia, gains groundKhmer Times5 Jun 2021
- In search of the middle groundKhmer Times1 Jun 2021
- ASEAN’s perspective on economic recoveryBrookings Institution International Economics17 Dec 2020
- ASEAN’s productive yearThe Strategist3 Dec 2020
Studies and Research
- ASEAN's Initiatives for Free Trade in East Asia Under AECS. SukegawaTaylor & Francis Online5 Apr 2021
- The ASEAN Economic Community and the RCEP in the world economyK. ShimizuTaylor & Francis Online1 Apr 2021
- The ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN Economic IntegrationK. IshikawaTaylor & Francis Online2 Mar 2021
- RCEP: Goods Market Access Implications for ASEANR. Banga, K.P. Gallagher and P. SharmaBoston University1 Mar 2021
Featured Publications
Edited by: Bambang Susantono, Yasuyuki Sawada, Cyn-Young Park
Toward Optimal Provision of Regional Public Goods in Asia and the Pacific