List of multilateral free trade agreements
This is a list of multilateral free-trade agreements, between several countries all treated equally. For agreements between two countries, between a bloc and a country, or between two blocs, see list of bilateral free-trade agreements; these are not listed below.
Every customs union, common market, economic union, customs and monetary union and economic and monetary union is also a free-trade area; these are listed on these separate articles and are not included below.
For a general explanation, see free-trade area.
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) - 1992
- Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) - 1992
- Central American Integration System (SICA) - 1993
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - 1994
- Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area (CISFTA) - 2011
- European Economic Area (EEA) - 1994
- G-3 Free Trade Agreement (G-3) - 1995
- International Grains Agreement - 1995
- Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) - 1997
- Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement (ECOTA) - 2003
- Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) - 2004
- South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) - 2004
- East African Community (EAC) - 2005
- ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) - 2010
- Pacific Alliance Free Trade Area (PAFTA) - 2012
- Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) - 2015
- 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
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)
- 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
- GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM)
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- Open Balkan
- Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER and PACER Plus)
- 2021 Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
- Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA)
- Tripartite Free Trade Area (T-FTA)
- Union of South American Nations (USAN)
Obsolete agreements
- International Tin Agreement (1956–1985)
- Caribbean Free Trade Association (1968–1974)
- Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries (1974–1999)
- International Bauxite Association (1974–1992)
- Multi Fibre Arrangement (1974–1994)
- North American Free Trade Agreement (1994–2020)
Abandoned agreement
- Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - signed 2016, signature withdrawn by the United States in 2017 thus rendering the agreement unratifiable.