EU Free Trade Agreements

The objectives of the subject “European Union Free trade agreements (FTAs)” are the following:

1. To understand the EU's preferential trade agreements with the third countries
2. To know how to apply the rules of origin of the agreements
3. To analyze the different existing agreements: free trade agreements, economic association agreements, customs unions, etc

EU Trade Agreements:

1. European Union-Andean Community (2012)
   1. European Union-Peru-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
2. European Union-MERCOSUR
3. European Union-Chile (Association Agreement, 2005)
4. Mexico-European Union (Economic Partnership Agreement, 2000)
5. European Union-Central America
6. European Economic Area (European Union-European Free Trade Association)
7. European Union-South Korea (2015)
8. ASEAN-European Union
9. European Union-Gulf Cooperation Council
10. Turkey-European Union Customs Union
11. India-European Union
12. Albania: Stabilization and Association Agreement (2006)
13. Andorra: Customs Union (1991)
14. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Stabilization and Association Agreement (2015)
15. Faroe Islands: Trade Agreement (1997)
16. Georgia: Free Trade and Association Agreement (2016)
17. Kosovo: Stabilization and Association Agreement (2016)
18. Macedonia: Stabilization and Association Agreement (2004)
19. Moldova: Association Agreement (2016)
20. Montenegro: Stabilization and Association Agreement (2010)
21. San Marino: Customs Union (1992)
22. Serbia: Stabilization and Association Agreement (2013)
23. Ukraine: Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (2016) and Association Agreement (2014)
24. Armenia: Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (1999)
25. Azerbaijan: Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (1999)
26. Cameroon: Economic Partnership Agreement Interim (2009)
27. Ghana: Economic Partnership Agreement provisionally applied (2016)
28. Canada: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) (2016)
29. Ecuador: Trade Agreement provisionally applied (2017)
30. Iraq: Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (2012)
31. Kazakhstan: Partnership and Cooperation Agreement reinforced (2016)
32. Papua New Guinea (2011) and Fiji: Provisional Association Agreement
33. South Africa: Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement (2000)
34. Madagascar, Mauricio, the Seychelles and Zimbabwe: Economic Partnership Agreement (2009)
35. Southern African Development Community (SADC): Economic Partnership Agreement provisionally applied (2016)
36. European Union-Ivory Coast Economic Partnership Agreement provisionally applied (2016)
37. European Union-CARIFORUM (Economic Partnership Agreement)
38. Association Agreement with Algeria (2005)
39. Association Agreement with Egypt (2004)
40. Association Agreement with Israel (2000)
41. Association Agreement with Jordan (2002)
42. Association Agreement interim with Lebanon (2003)
43. Association Agreement with Morocco (2000)
44. Association Agreement with the Palestinian Authority (1997)
45. Cooperation Agreement with Syria (1977)
46. Association Agreement with Tunisia (1998)
47. European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
48. European Union-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
49. European Union-Japan Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
50. European Union-Southern African Development Community (SADC) Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
51. European Union-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilization and Accession Agreement (2015)
52. European Union-Montenegro Stabilization and Accession Agreement
53. European Union-CARIFORUM States Economic Partnership Agreement
54. Free Trade Agreement European Union-Eastern and Southern African States (Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe)
55. European Union-United Kingdom Free Trade and Economic Integration Agreement

European Union Trade Agreements

The European Union is the largest global trade player: 20% of global trade.

China is the second-largest trading partners of the European Union after the United States.

The main objectives of the European Union Free Trade Agreements (FTA) are:

1. To open new international markets for products and services
2. To increase the Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows
3. To make the International Trade cheaper (eliminating customs duties)
4. To make the external trade faster
5. To make the policy environment more predictable

Each Free Trade Agreement negotiated by the European Union is adapted to the situation of each nation.

Normally:

“The more ambitious the Free Trade Agreement is, more benefits are to be gained from the agreement.”

The European Union has granted duty-free access for most of the imports from the developing countries (Generalized system of preferences).

The European Union Free Trade Agreements (FTA): The Arab Republic of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Tunisia, the Palestinian Authority, European Free Trade Association (EFTA), South Korea, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Central America, the countries of the Andean Community, the MERCOSUR, Chile, Mexico, Turkey, India, China, Lebanon, Algeria, the CARIFORUM, Ivory Coast, and Georgia.

The beneficiary countries of the EU Free Trade agreements are Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Romania and Sweden.

Sample:

SADC-European Union

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