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The OED records the use of the phrase "free trade agreement" with reference to the Australian colonies as early as 1877. [9] After the WTO's World Trade Organization - which has been considered by some as a failure for not promoting trade talks, but a success by others for preventing trade wars - states increasingly started exploring options to conclude FTAs.
Bilateral FTAs concluded on the basis of CIS 1994 as a framework agreement. [88] According to the analytical material of the executive committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the 1994 version has not yet provided for multilateral free trade, but the conclusion of many bilateral agreements. [ 89 ]
A bilateral free trade agreement is between two sides, where each side could be a country (or other customs territory), a trade bloc or an informal group of countries, and creates a free trade area.
Bilateral FTAs concluded on the basis of CIS 1994 as a framework agreement. [12] According to the analytical material of the executive committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the 1994 version has not yet provided for multilateral free trade, but the conclusion of many bilateral agreements. [ 13 ]
Note Treaty Ref. Kenya: 1 Negotiations ongoing Eighth round of negotiations took place in September 2024. Kenya–United States Free Trade Agreement [30] [31] United Kingdom: 1 Negotiations stagnated Fifth round of negotiations took place in October 2020. United Kingdom–United States Free Trade Agreement [32] [33]
A free trade area is the region encompassing a trade bloc whose member countries have signed a free trade agreement (FTA). Such agreements involve cooperation between at least two countries to reduce trade barriers, import quotas and tariffs, and to increase trade of goods and services with each other.
In this way, many countries have been resorting to bilateral and multilateral FTAs as a faster and more flexible way to promote free trades and globalization. Indeed, FTAs require only the consent of a limited number of like-minded countries, as opposed to the general consent of all WTO members necessary to conclude a negotiation round.
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