ASEAN: Regional Trends in Economic Integration, Export ... - USITC
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BOX 2.3 <strong>ASEAN</strong>-wide free trade agreements, 2010<br />
FTA partner Description Status<br />
Signed FTAs<br />
Australia and New<br />
Zealand<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>a<br />
India<br />
Japan<br />
Korea<br />
Trade <strong>in</strong> goods and services;<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestment; economic<br />
cooperation; and legal and<br />
<strong>in</strong>stitutional issues<br />
Trade <strong>in</strong> goods and services;<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestment; trade facilitation<br />
measures; and economic<br />
cooperation <strong>in</strong> areas of <strong>in</strong>terest<br />
Trade <strong>in</strong> goods and services;<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestment; and economic<br />
cooperation<br />
Trade <strong>in</strong> goods and services;<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestment; rules of orig<strong>in</strong>;<br />
sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS)<br />
measures; technical barriers to<br />
trade; dispute settlement<br />
mechanism; and economic<br />
cooperation<br />
Trade <strong>in</strong> goods and services;<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestment; and economic<br />
cooperation <strong>in</strong> areas of <strong>in</strong>terest<br />
Framework Agreement signed <strong>in</strong><br />
November 2004.<br />
FTA with Australia and New Zealand was a<br />
s<strong>in</strong>gle undertak<strong>in</strong>g (cover<strong>in</strong>g goods,<br />
services, and <strong>in</strong>vestment): signed on<br />
February 27, 2009; implementation on<br />
January 1, 2010.<br />
Early Harvest Programme (EHP) entered<br />
<strong>in</strong>to effect on January 1, 2004 for <strong>ASEAN</strong>-6<br />
and Ch<strong>in</strong>a. Duties for EHP products were<br />
fully elim<strong>in</strong>ated as of 2006.<br />
Trade <strong>in</strong> Goods Agreement signed on<br />
November 29, 2004; entered <strong>in</strong>to effect on<br />
July 1, 2005 to reduce tariffs <strong>in</strong> 2005, 2007,<br />
2009, and January 1, 2010.<br />
Trade <strong>in</strong> Services Agreement and<br />
commitments under the First Package<br />
signed on January 14, 2007; entered <strong>in</strong>to<br />
effect on July 1, 2007. Negotiations are<br />
ongo<strong>in</strong>g for the Second Package.<br />
Investment Agreement signed on<br />
August 15, 2009.<br />
Framework Agreement signed on<br />
October 8, 2003.<br />
Trade <strong>in</strong> Goods Agreement signed <strong>in</strong><br />
August 2009, effective January 1, 2010.<br />
Negotiations on trade <strong>in</strong> services and<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestment ongo<strong>in</strong>g (target date of<br />
August 2010 for conclusion).<br />
Framework Agreements signed on<br />
October 8, 2003.<br />
Trade <strong>in</strong> Goods Agreement signed on<br />
April 14, 2008; implemented on<br />
December 1, 2008.<br />
Negotiations on trade <strong>in</strong> services are yet to<br />
commence.<br />
Negotiations on <strong>in</strong>vestment are yet to<br />
commence.<br />
Trade <strong>in</strong> Goods Agreement signed on<br />
August 26, 2006; entered <strong>in</strong>to effect on<br />
June 1, 2007.<br />
Agreement on Trade <strong>in</strong> Services signed on<br />
November 21, 2007; effective May 1, 2009.<br />
Investment Agreement signed on<br />
June 2, 2009.<br />
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