Trade and Investment
ASEAN Free Trade Area
(AFTA)
ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services signed and in effect: 1998. ASEAN Trade in Goods signed and in effect: 2010. ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement: 2012.
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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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
- Philippines: Furniture makers eye ASEAN marketThe Manila Times20 Mar 2019
- Indonesia offers to cooperate with Thailand [and Malaysia] to stabilize rubber priceAntara13 Mar 2019
- Philippines pursues stronger trade, investment ties with Malaysiaphilstar.com8 Mar 2019
- Viet Nam–Lao [PDR] trade tops $1 billion in 2018Vietnam+20 Feb 2019
Opinions and Editorials
- ASEAN needs to step up reform to improve openness: HSBC CEOVietnam News2 Feb 2019
- Supply chain shift to ASEANThe ASEAN Post17 Jan 2019
- Experts: domestic firms [in Viet Nam] fail to optimise FTAs incentives vietnamplus.vn20 Dec 2018
- Commentary: Brexit is bringing the UK back to Southeast Asia. Will Asian countries buy it?Channel News Asia17 Nov 2018
Studies and Research
- ASEAN rice market integration: Findings from a feasibility studyOECD Joint Working Party on Agriculture and TradeOECD5 Dec 2018
- ASEAN Economic Integration through Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Long-Term ChallengesM. Kawai and K. NaknoiAsian Development Bank Institute5 Oct 2015
- Promoting Institutional Connectivity in the Asia Pacific Region: A Study of Supply Chain and Trade in ServicesH. IshidoInstitute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)1 Jan 2014
- Brunei Darussalam's Trade Potential and ASEAN Economic Integration: A Gravity Model ApproachW. C. KohChulalongkorn University1 Dec 2013
Featured Publications
Toward Optimal Provision of Regional Public Goods in Asia and the Pacific
The Era of Financial Interconnectedness: How Can Asia Strengthen Financial Resilience?
