List of multilateral free trade agreements

A multilateral free trade agreement is between several countries all treated equally, and creates a free trade area. Every customs union, common market, economic union, customs and monetary union and economic and monetary union is also a free trade area, and are not included below.

World Trade Organization agreements

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of 1994 Agreement on Agriculture Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures Agreement on Anti-Dumping Agreement on Customs Valuation Agreement on Preshipment Inspection Agreement on Rules of Origin Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Agreement on Safeguards Agreement on Trade Facilitation General Agreement on Trade in Services Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Dispute Settlement Understanding Trade Policy Review Mechanism Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft Agreement on Government Procurement Arrangement regarding Bovine Meat, this agreement was terminated end 1997 International Dairy Agreement, this agreement was terminated end 1997 Information Technology Agreement Bali Package

Active agreements

European Union Customs Union (EUCU) - 1958 European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - 1960 Andean Community - 1969 Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) - 1975 Southern African Development Community Free Trade Area (SADCFTA) - 1980 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - 1981 Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) - 1991 ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) - 1992 Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) - 1992Last revision from 05/01/2007. |WT/REG233/N/1/Rev.1 Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) - 1992 Central American Integration System (SICA) - 1993 Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - 1994 European Economic Area (EEA) - 1994 G-3 Free Trade Agreement (G-3) - 1995 International Grains Agreement - 1995 Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) - 1997Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) ; Revision 01/01/1998 WT/REG223/N/1 Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) - 2004 South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) - 2004Since 12/07/1995 WT/COMTD/N/26 East African Community (EAC) - 2005 ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) - 2010 Pacific Alliance Free Trade Area (PAFTA) - 2012

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) - 2018 African Continental Free Trade Area - 2019 United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) - 2020 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) - 2022

Post-Soviet States only Commonwealth of Independent States Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area - Multilateral Free Trade Area established on 24 November 1999 - multilateral free trade regime is in force among 10 countries as of 2023 Eurasian Customs Union of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) - 2010 as EurAsEC Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus - 5 countries as of 2023 Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area (CISFTA) - 2011WT/REG82/N/1 - among 9 countries as of 2023 GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM) FTA - unclear application, the WTO was notified in only 2017 - multilateral free trade regime among 4 countries (International Trade Centre says there is no free trade area in operation with distinct rules from an Agreement on Creation of CIS Free Trade Area, was signed on 15 April 1994 by 12 CIS countries.)

Proposed agreements

African Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) between SADC, EAC and COMESA Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Canada, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom Union (CANZUK) China–Japan–South Korea Free Trade Agreement Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) Commonwealth Free Trade Area (CFTA) Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)Agreement adopted in 07/24/1993, but not yet implemented. WT/COMTD/N/21 Economic Partnership Agreements (EU-ACP) Euro-Mediterranean free trade area (EU-MEFTA) Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP), proposed APEC FTA Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Open Balkan Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER and PACER Plus) 2021 Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)Signed, but not yet implemented. After entry into force, countries commit to remove tariffs on most goods by 2021. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) Tripartite Free Trade Area (T-FTA) Union of South American Nations (USAN) Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement (ECOTA)

Obsolete agreements International Tin Agreement (1956–1985) Caribbean Free Trade Association (1968–1974) Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries (1974–1999)"Agreement establishing the Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries (APEF) ATS 37 of 1975 " . Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library. Retrieved 15 April 2017. International Bauxite Association (1974–1992)"Agreement establishing the International Bauxite Association (IBA) ATS 38 of 1975 " . Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library. Retrieved 15 April 2017. Multi Fibre Arrangement (1974–1994) North American Free Trade Agreement (1994–2020)Was effective 01/01/1994 WT/REG4/W/1

Abandoned agreement Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — signed 2016, signature withdrawn by the United States in 2017 thus rendering the agreement unratifiable.

List of multilateral free trade agreements

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