Search:
bilaterals.org > Links > Governments
publish | subscribe
quick search
Negotiations
:: Across the board ::

Actions and resistance
Actions
Discussions

KEY ISSUES

TEXTS OF AGREEMENTS

 Governments
AANZFTA website

Official website of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement

AGOA website

African Growth and Opportunities Act of the US government.

ALE du Maroc

Accords de Libre Echange du Maroc

APE-CEDEAO

Site web de la CEDEAO sur l’APE Afrique de l’Ouest-Union Européenne

APEC FTAs

A matrix of all FTAs and RTAs between APEC member countries, and another of those between APEC members and non-APEC members, with active links to the agreements themselves.

ASEAN-EU

Overview of ASEAN’s relations with the EU, seen from Jakarta.

Asia Regional Integration Centre (ARIC)

Website run by the Asian Development Bank with a section on FTAs

Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Agreements Database (APTIAD)

Maintained by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

Australia FTAs

Online database of all treaties, including FTAs and BITs, entered into by Australia

Australia-ASEAN-New Zealand FTA

An Australian government webpage on the Australia-ASEAN-New Zealand FTA negotiations, agreed to end 2004 and begun early 2005.

Australia-China FTA negotiations

Information page maintained by the Australian government

Australia-Japan FTA at DFAT

Australian government webpage on Australia-Japan FTA

Australia-Japan FTA at MOFA

Japanese government webpage on Australia-Japan FTA

Bilateral and regional trade agreements notified to the WTO

Fulltext database maintained by WorldTradeLaw.net

BIMSTEC

Bangladesh-India-Myanmar-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation (also includes Nepal and Bhutan)

Canada FTAs

Resource page on Canada’s regional and bilateral trade and investment treaties

Canada-Colombia FTA (2008)

Signed 21 November 2008 and pending ratification

Central European Free Trade Agreement

On December 19, 2006, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on behalf of Kosovo signed an Agreement to amend and enlarge the Central European Free Trade – CEFTA 2006.

China FTA Network

Official website on China’s FTAs, maintained by MOFCOM

COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite

The COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite was established in 2005 with the main objective of strengthening and deepening economic integration of the southern and eastern Africa region.

Cumbre del ALBA

Producido por la Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (ABN)

DG Trade

The European Union’s bilateral trade relations webpage

EFTA FTAs

Database of all FTAs entered into by the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.)

EFTA Secretariat

Website of the EFTA Secretariat

Egypt FTAs

Egypt’s preferential and free trade agreements

EPA Agreements

ACP-EU-trade.org maintains a page with the texts of all EU-ACEP EPAs initialled or signed so far

España: los APPRI

Acuerdos de Promoción y Protección Reciproca de Inversiones firmados por el gobierno español

EU-Korea FTA SIA

The EU-Korea FTA Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) is intended to produce studies in order to provide a deeper understanding of the sustainability impacts of the trade and investment aspects of the Free Trade Agreement and of the mechanisms through which they might affect both the EU and Korea.

EU-Mediterranean trade relations

EU overview of EMFTA process and goals

France bilateral treaties

Online database of bilateral treaties entered into by France (in French)

France BIT programme

Overview of France’s bilateral investment treaty programme (in French)

FTAA

Free Trade Area of the Americas official website (in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English)

Germany BIT programme

Brief introduction to Germany’s BIT programme (in German)

IBSA

Official website of the initiative to foster trilateral integration (including an FTA) between India, Brazil and South Africa

ICSID

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes is an autonomous international organisation, linked to the World Bank. It is the most ’referred to’ arbitration facility for disputes under bilateral trade and investment agreements, with its own set of rules and procedures.

IFAC

The Industry Functional Advisory Committees (IFACs) for Trade Policy Matters have a direct and important structural role in steering US trade policy. There are four IFACs guiding US trade deals on customs, standards, intellectual property rights and electronic commerce.

India’s current engagement in RTAs

Webpage maintained by India’s Ministry of Commerce

IPAnet

The Investment Promotion Network is a web portal on foreign investment and privatisation, with links to a selection of trade and investment agreements. Operated under the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.

Japan EPA/FTA developments

Scroll down to FTA/EPA section

Japan External Economic Policy: FTA/EPA

Webpage on Japan FTAs and EPAs hosted by METI (Ministry of Eocnomics, Trade and Industry)

Japan Science & Technology agreements

MOFA website with news and links

Japan’s JTEPA page

Webpage on JTEPA hosted by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Japan-ASEAN FTA

Official webpage on the Japan-ASEAN FTA maintained by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Jordan’s agreements

Database with Jordan’s bilateral trade and investment agreements

JPEPA Research Project website

A research website on the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) maintained by the Philippine APEC Study Centre Network

Latin America BITs

A database maintained by the Organisation of American States.

Macau-China FTA

Official website on the Macau-China Closer Economic Partnership Agreement

Malaysia free trade agreements

Webpage on Malaysia’s FTA engagements, run by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.

MERCOSUR

Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR) is a common market between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.

México: Comercio exterior y TLC

Official government website on Mexico’s FTAs (in Spanish)

Netherlands BIT database

Maintained by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

NZ-China FTA

New Zealand government’s webpage on the NZ-China FTA

NZ-Thailand FTA (NZ gvt)

New Zealand government webpage on the NZ-Thailand FTA

NZ-Thailand FTA (Thai gvt)

Thai government webpage on the NZ-Thailand FTA

OAS: Trade Agreements

FTAs entered into by countries of the American hemisphere, maintained by the Organisation of American States’ Foreign Trade Information System (SICE)

PACREIP

The Pacific Regional Economic Integration Programme (PACREIP) enhances the capacity of Pacific ACP States to support regional economic integration, preparation and conduct of negotiations of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), as well as the effective operation of the Pacific Islands Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA).

Pakistan BITs

Pakistan Board of Investments list of countries with which Pakistan has Bilateral Investment Treaties

Pakistan FTAs

Webpage maintained by the Ministry of Commerce

Portal ALBA

Portal de la Alternativa Bolivariana para América Latina y El Caribe (ALBA)

RP-US FTA website (PIDS)

A website set up late 2004 by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, a government agency.

SAARC Secretariat

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) comprises the seven South Asian countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

SACU bilateral trade initiatives

Web page of the Southern Africa Customs Union on its FTA initiatives

Segunda Cumbre de la Comunidad Sudamericana de Naciones

Sitio oficial de la cumbre del 8 y 9 de diciembre de 2006 en Cochabamba (Bolivia)

SIA study of EMFTA

Sustainability impact assessment of EMFTA. Also in Arabic and French.

Singapore’s FTAs website

Singapore’s FTAs website, with documents and news of latest developments.

South Centre

An intergovernmental organisation of developing countries

Switzerland BITs

Links to all BITs entered into by Switzerland (in French)

TAFTA at DFAT

Australian government’s Thailand-Australia FTA page

TAFTA at ThaiFTA

Thai government’s Thailand-Australia FTA page

Thai FTA

A Thai government website, produced by the Department of Trade Negotiations, on Thailand’s different FTA negotiations.

Thailand’s JTEPA site

Website covering the Japan-Thailand FTA, hosted by Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

TLC Perú-China

Página de información del gobierno peruano

Trade SIA of the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement

Website of the European Commission’s "trade sustainability impact assessment" of the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement.

TradeAgreements.gov

A new US government public relations effort aimed at convincing people of the benefits of FTAs

Turkey’s bilateral free trade agreements

Information page maintained by the Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade

UK BIT programme

Overview of the UK’s bilateral investment treaty programme (scroll down to "Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements"). The actual treaties are not available online.

UNCITRAL

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law is a body under the UN General Assembly mandated to unfiy international trade law. Disputes between investors and states under many FTAs and BITs are arbitrated, in private, according to UNCITRAL rules. UNCITRAL itself does not administer arbitrations.

UNCTAD BIT database

UNCTAD maintains the most comprehensive database of BITs online

UNCTAD IIA programme

The UN Conference on Trade and Development has a work programme on International Investment Agreements, including research and publications on bilateral investment treaties.

UNESCAP’s FTA database

Maintained by the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific

US bilateral investment incentive agreements (OPIC)

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is a US government agency that provides political risk insurance to private US investors abroad, operating under the aegis of bilateral investment incentive agreements with developing countries

US BITs

From the US Trade Compliance Center

US IPR agreements database

Maintained by the Trade Compliance Center

US State Department Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs

The Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs ensures that the overall foreign policy goals of the U.S. Government are factored into the development of U.S. bilateral trade policy.

US-Bahrain FTA website

Maintained by Bahrain’s Ministry of Finance

US-Jordan FTA

A website about the US-Jordan FTA, funded by USAID

US-NZ Council TPP page

Section of the UN-New Zealand Council website dedicated to the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations

USDA > US–India Agricultural Knowledge Initiative

USDA website on the US–India Agricultural Knowledge Initiative with documents, multimedia files and links

USTR

New USTR website under the Obama administration

USTR National Trade Estimate Report

Annual assessment of obstacles to US trade interests in foreign countries

USTR on MEFTA

The US Trade Representative’s webpage dedicated to the US-Middle East FTA.

USTR: TIFAs

USTR’s database of TIFAs

WTO database of accession agreements

An online database of all accession agreements signed since 1995

WTO regional trade agreements database

This database contains information on only those agreements that have either been notified, or for which an early announcement has been made, to the WTO.
News from the movements
Plantón contra el TPP | 20-May-2013

more...
bilaterals.org is a collective effort to share information and stimulate cooperation against bilateral trade and investment agreements
that are opening countries to the deepest forms of penetration by transnational corporations.		about | contact | subscribe | rss | facebook | twitter