Monday, February 16, 2009

Trade Agreements in Force: Multilateral Agreements WTO Agreement 15 April 1994 Customs Unions Andean Community Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Central American Common Market (CACM) MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreements: Partner countries: Date of signature Andean countries (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela)-MERCOSUR 18 October 2004 Bolivia - MERCOSUR 17 December 1996 Bolivia - Mexico 10 September 1994 Canada - Chile 05 December 1996 Canada - Costa Rica 23 April 2001 Canada-Israel 31 July 1996 Canada-Mexico-United States (NAFTA) 17 December 1992 CARICOM-Costa Rica 09 March 2004 CARICOM-Dominican Republic 22 August 1998 CARIFORUM-European Union 15 October 2008 Central America - Chile 18 October 1999 Central America-Dominican Republic 16 April 1998 Central America-Dominican Republic-United States (DR-CAFTA) 05 August 2004 Central America-Panama 06 March 2002 Chile-China 18 November 2005 Chile-EFTA 26 June 2003 Chile-EU 18 November 2002 Chile-Japan 27 March 2007 Chile-Korea 15 February 2003 Chile-MERCOSUR 25 June 1996 Chile-Mexico 17 April 1998 Chile-New Zealand, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam (P4) 18 July 2005 Chile-Panama 27 June 2006 Chile-United States 06 June 2003 Colombia-Mexico-Venezuela (Group of Three) 13 June 1994 Costa Rica-Mexico 05 April 1994 El Salvador-Taiwan 07 May 2007 Guatemala-Taiwan 22 September 2005 Honduras-Taiwan 07 May 2007 MERCOSUR-Peru 30 November 2005 Mexico-EFTA 27 November 2000 Mexico-EU 23 March 2000 Mexico-Israel 10 April 2000 Mexico-Japan 17 September 2004 Mexico-Nicaragua 18 December 1997 Mexico-Northern Triangle (El Salvador-Guatemala-Honduras) 29 June 2000 Mexico-Uruguay 15 November 2003 Panama-Singapore 01 March 2006 Panama-Taiwan 21 August 2003 Peru-United States 12 April 2006 United States-Australia 18 May 2004 United States-Bahrain 14 September 2004 United States-Israel 22 April 1985 United States-Jordan 24 October 2000 United States-Morocco 15 June 2004 United States-Singapore 06 May 2003 http://www.sice.oas.org/agreements_e.asp