International Trade

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. Of these RTAs, Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and partial scope agreements account for 90%, while customs unions account for 10%.

Bilateral investment treaties are agreements between two countries for the reciprocal encouragement, promotion and protection of investments in each other's territories by companies based in either country. Treaties typically cover the following areas: scope and definition of investment, national treatment, fair and equitable treatment, compensation in the event of expropriation or damage to the investment, guarantees of free transfers of funds, and dispute settlement mechanisms.

This database provides information on the status of over 500 major multilateral instruments deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations (including the texts of reservations, declarations and objections) and covers a range of subject matter such as Human Rights, Disarmament, Commodities, the Environment and the Law of the Sea. This database reflects the status of these instruments, as Member States sign, ratify, accede or lodge declarations, reservations or objections.

Created by the Fletcher School of Business at Tufts University, this is a collection of major documents regarding trade and commercial relations.

OAS's SICE centralizes information on trade policy in the Americas.

To learn more about trade in the EU go to Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission webpage.

the EFTA States have 22 free trade agreements (covering 31 countries)

The ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) lows the intra-regional tariffs through the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT).

The global trade strategy for SACU is to achieve sustained economic growth on the basis of export and investment expansion

For some south central Asian countries.

With its 19 member states, COMESA forms a major market place for both internal and external trading

Covering most of the island nations in the Caribbean.