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The ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) [1] is a trade bloc agreement by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations supporting local trade and manufacturing in all ASEAN countries, and facilitating economic integration with regional and international allies.
At the Second ASEAN-India Summit in 2003, the ASEAN-India Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation was signed by the Leaders of ASEAN and India. The Framework Agreement laid a sound basis for the eventual establishment of an ASEAN-India Regional Trade and Investment Area (RTIA), which includes FTA in goods, services, and investment.
GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM) FTA [11] [12] - 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 ...
The free trade agreement reduced tariffs on 7,881 product categories, or 90 percent of imported goods, to zero. [20] This reduction took effect in China and the six original members of ASEAN: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. The remaining four countries were supposed to follow suit in 2015. [21]
ASEAN has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs: . ASEAN–China Free Trade Area (ACFTA), in effect as of 1 January 2010; ASEAN–Hong Kong, China Free Trade Area (AHKFTA)
Vietnam, although a relatively young and small nation, has successfully established trade relations with dozens of countries worldwide. This is especially evident in the number of free trade agreements (FTAs) that the country has signed and is participating in. Being part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), economic opportunities for Vietnam expands beyond bilateral trade ...
In addition, ASEAN was noted to be negotiating an FTA with the European Union. [188] Bilateral trade with India crossed the US$70 billion target in 2012 (target was to reach the level by 2015). [189] Taiwan has also expressed interest in an agreement with ASEAN but needs to overcome diplomatic objections from China. [190]
The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) is a 2004 agreement that created a free-trade area of 1.6 billion people in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with the vision of increasing economic cooperation and integration.