Trade and Investment
ASEAN-People's Republic of China Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
(ACFTA)
Signed and In Effect
Notified to the WTO
Notified to the WTO
- GATSV
- Enabling Clause
Members
Relevant Dates
- Signed and In Effect
2005-07-01 - Signed but not yet In Effect
2004-11-29 - (FA) signed
2002-11-04 - Notified to the WTO
GATSV 2008-06-26 Enabling Clause 2004-12-21
Official Summary
- Information Paper on China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (ACFTA)
Ministry of Trade and Industry - Singapore
Updates
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Protocol to Amend the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Certain Agreements between ASEAN and the People’s Republic of China
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) SecretariatSigned and in effect: 30 Sep 2016
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Agreement on Investment of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Between the People’s Republic of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Ministry of Commerce - PRCSigned and in effect: 1 Jan 2010
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Agreement on Trade in Services
Signed and in effect: 1 Jul 2007
Legal Documents
- Agreement on Trade in Goods of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of ChinaASEAN
- Agreement on Trade in Services ASEAN
- Agreement on Trade in Services of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of ChinaASEAN
- Annex I. Modality for Tariff Reduction and Elimination for Tariff Lines Placed in the Normal TrackASEAN
- Annex II. Modality for Tariff Reduction/ Elimination for Tariff Lines Placed in the Sensitive Track ASEAN
- Annex III. Rules of Origin for the ASEAN-China Free Trade AreaASEAN
- Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between ASEAN and the People's Republic of China ASEAN
News
- Cambodia and Viet Nam push bananas from Philippines out of Chinese marketKhmer Times22 Apr 2021
- Beijing[, People's Rep. of China] organizes ceremony to connect ASEAN fruit importers with Guangxi[, People's Rep. of China] fruit suppliersFresh Plaza15 Apr 2021
- Cambodia wants [People's Republic of] China to boost milled rice importsKhmer Times6 Apr 2021
- [People's Republic of China's Foreign Minister] Wang Yi, Indonesian [Foreign Minister] hold talks on strengthening cooperationXinhua News Agency2 Apr 2021
Opinions and Editorials
- Asia emerges from COVID-19 with further integration and upgradeChina Global Television Network (CGTN)21 Apr 2021
- Cambodia-[People's Republic of] China: Solid and ironclad friendshipKhmer Times7 Feb 2020
- A banner year for [People's Rep. of] China-MalaysiaNew Straits Times31 Dec 2019
- Untangling Christmas lights: How Viet Nam gains from the trade warAljazeera26 Dec 2019
Studies and Research
- When [People's Republic of] China Sneezes Does ASEAN Catch a Cold?S. RafiqInternational Monetary Fund10 Nov 2016
- Framing [People's Republic of] China-Malaysia Trade Relations Beyond ASEAN: Factoring the Regional Comprehensive Economic PartnershipEvelyn Shyamala DevadasonSocial Science Research Network18 May 2014
- [People's Republic of] China and Southeast Asia: Unbalanced Development in the Greater Mekong SubregionX. Chen and C. StoneTrinity College Dublin1 Sep 2013
- A panel data analysis of trade creation and trade diversion effects: The case of ASEAN-[People's Republic of] China Free Trade Area (ACFTA)S. Yang and I. Martinez-ZarzosoIbero-America Institute for Economic Research1 Feb 2013
Featured Publications
Edited by: Bambang Susantono, Yasuyuki Sawada, Cyn-Young Park
Toward Optimal Provision of Regional Public Goods in Asia and the Pacific