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List of bilateral free trade agreements

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.

Note that every customs union, common market, economic union, customs and monetary union and economic and monetary union is also a free trade area, and there are several fully multilateral free trade agreements not included below.

Operating agreements

List of agreements between two states, two blocs or a bloc and a state.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan has bilateral agreements with the following countries:

Armenia

Armenia has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

ASEAN

ASEAN has bilateral agreements with the following countries:

  • ASEAN–China Free Trade Area (ACFTA), in effect as of 1 January 2010
  • ASEAN–Hong Kong, China Free Trade Area (AHKFTA)
  • ASEAN–India Free Trade Area (AIFTA), in effect as of 1 January 2010
  • ASEAN–Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP), in effect as of 1 December 2008
  • ASEAN–Korea Free Trade Area (AKFTA), in effect as of 1 January 2010
  • ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA), in effect as of 1 January 2010

Australia

Australia has bilateral agreements with the following countries:

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan has bilateral agreements with the following countries:

Bhutan

Bhutan has bilateral agreements with the following countries:

Brunei

Brunei has bilateral agreements with the following countries:

CARICOM

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Canada

Canada has bilateral trade agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Cambodia

Cambodia has bilateral trade agreements with the following countries:

  • China (2023) (Separate from ASEAN Free Trade Agreement)

China

China has bilateral trade agreements with the following blocs, countries, and its two special administrative regions:

Colombia

Colombia has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs (date it took effect):

Costa Rica

Costa Rica has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs (date it took effect):

Eurasian Economic Union

The Eurasian Economic Union consisting of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan has following free trade agreements, see further here.

European Free Trade Association

EFTA has bilateral agreements with the following countries – including dependent territories – and blocs:

European Union

The European Union has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands have bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Georgia

Georgia has bilateral free trade agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Gulf Cooperation Council

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

  • Lebanon (Entry into force: November 2005)
  • Singapore (Entry into force: 1 September 2013)
  • EFTA (Entry into force: 1 July 2014)
  • South Korea (Agreement date: 28 December 2023)

Hong Kong

Hong Kong has bilateral free trade agreements with the following countries and blocs:

India

India has bilateral trade agreement with the following countries and blocs:

Indonesia

Indonesia has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Israel

Israel has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Japan

Japan has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Jordan

Jordan has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan has bilateral agreements with the following countries:

Kyrgyzstan

The Kyrgyzstan has bilateral agreements with the following countries:

  • Kazakhstan (Entry into force: 11 November 1995)
  • Moldova (Entry into force: 21 November 1996)
  • Russian Federation (Entry into force: 24 April 1993)
  • Ukraine (Entry into force: 19 January 1998)
  • Uzbekistan (Entry into force: 20 March 1998)
  • United States: Kyrgyzstan is a beneficiary country of the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program.

Lebanon

Lebanon has bilateral agreements with the following international blocs:

Malaysia

Malaysia has bilateral agreements with the following countries:

Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands has signed bilateral agreements with the following countries:

In addition, Marshall Islands and Taiwan have signed the agreement in 2019, approved it in 2023 and will take effect at a future date:

Mercosur

Mercosur has signed bilateral agreements with the following countries:

Mexico

Mexico has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

  • Free trade agreements
  • USMCA
  • CPTPP
  • Chile (Chile–Mexico Free Trade Agreement)
  • Colombia (Colombia–Mexico Free Trade Agreement)
  • Costa Rica (Costa Rica–Mexico Free Trade Agreement)
  • EFTA (EFTA-Mexico Free Trade Agreement) (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland)
  • European Union (EU-Mexico Economic Partnership)
  • Israel (Israel–Mexico Free Trade Agreement)
  • Japan (Japan–Mexico Economic Association Agreement)
  • Nicaragua (Nicaragua–Mexico Free Trade Agreement)
  • Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala)
  • Panama
  • Uruguay (Uruguay-Mexico Free Trade Agreement)
  • Framework agreements
  • MERCOSUR–Mexico Economic Association (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela)
  • Preferential trade agreements
  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Ecuador
  • Paraguay
  • Panama
  • Peru

Micronesia

Micronesia has bilateral agreements with the following countries:

Morocco

Morocco has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

New Zealand

New Zealand has bilateral agreements with following countries and blocs:

Pakistan

Pakistan has bilateral free trade agreements with:

Panama

Panama has bilateral agreements with the following countries:

Peru

Peru has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Serbia

Serbia has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Singapore

Singapore has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

South Korea

South Korea has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Switzerland

Switzerland (which has a customs union with Liechtenstein, sometimes included in agreements) has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

  • Albania (Signed: 17.12.2009: Entry into force: 01.11.2010)
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina (Entry into force: 01.01.2015)
  • Canada (Entry into force 01.07.2009)
  • Chile (Entry into force: 01.12.2004)
  • People's Republic of China (Entry into force: July 1, 2014)
  • Colombia (Signed: 25.11.2008. Entry into force: 01.07.2011)
  • Costa Rica (Entry into force: 29.08.2014)
  • Ecuador (Entry into force: 01.11.2020)
  • Egypt (Entry into force: 01.09.2008)
  • European Union (Entry into force: 01.01.1973; bilateral CH–EU)
  • Faeroe Islands (Entry into force: 01.03.1995; bilateral CH–Faeroe)
  • GCC (Entry into force: 01.07.2014)
  • Georgia (Entry into force: 01.05.2018)
  • Hong Kong (Entry into force: 01.10.2012)
  • Indonesia (Entry into force: 01.11.2021)
  • Israel (Entry into force: 01.07.1993)
  • Japan (Entry into force: 01.09.2009. Bilateral CH–Japan)
  • Jordan (Entry into force: 01.09.2002)
  • Republic of Korea (Entry into force: 01.09.2006)
  • Lebanon (Entry into force: 01.01.2007)
  • North Macedonia (Entry into force: 01.05.2002)
  • Mexico (Entry into force: 01.07.2001)
  • Morocco (Entry into force: 01.12.1999)
  • Palestinian Authority (Entry into force: 01.07.1999)
  • Panama (Entry into force: 29.08.2014)
  • Peru (Signed: 24.06.2010 (EFTA) and 14.07.2010 (Peru). Entry into force on 01.07.2011)
  • Philippines (Entry into force: 01.06.2018)
  • Serbia (Signed: 17.12.2009: Entry into force: 01.10.2010)
  • Singapore (Entry into force: 01.01.2003)
  • SACU (Entry into force: 01.05.2008)
  • Tunisia (Entry into force: 01.06.2006)
  • Turkey (Entry into force: 01.04.1992)
  • Ukraine (Signed 24.06.2010. Entry into force 01.06.2012)
  • United Kingdom (Entry into force: 01.01.2021; bilateral CH–UK)

Taiwan

Taiwan has bilateral agreements with the following countries:

Tajikistan

Tajikistan has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Thailand

Thailand has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Tunisia

Tunisia has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Turkey

Turkey has bilateral and multilateral agreements with:

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has bilateral and multilateral agreements with:

United States

United States has bilateral agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Vietnam

Vietnam has bilateral free trade agreements with the following countries and blocs:

Table (to be merged)

Signed agreements

Agreements that have been negotiated and signed by the respective heads of states of each country, but not yet ratified by the country's legislative body.

Proposed bilateral agreements

List of agreements being in negotiations and being proposed to be signed by the respective parties involved:

Obsolete agreements

The following bilateral free trade agreements are no longer active.

See also

For an interactive list of bilateral and multilateral free trade instruments see the TREND-Analytics website.

References