Free Trade Agreements in America

EENI- School of International Business

Module America's Free Trade Agreements (FTA) - Master / Doctorate (e-learning)

In America there are several Trade Agreements (Free Trade Agreements, Economic Partnership), both regional and extra-regional:

1. Intra-regional: The NAFTA, the MERCOSUR, the Andean Community, the Latin American Integration Association
2. Extra-regional: The Trans-Pacific Agreement, the APEC, agreements with the European Union (EU)
3. Bilateral: The US's Agreements with Chile, Colombia, Morocco, Australia. Mexico with Chile, Uruguay

Furthermore, each American country can have Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the third countries. For example, Chile has trade agreements with Panama, China, the United States, Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Central America, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Australia, Peru, and, Turkey.

Chile is a member of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement and APEC.

A company wishing to do business in America should know all these agreements in force for all the target markets in the region.

If the country of the exporter (or importer):

a) Has agreements in force with an American country:

The exporter should take advantages of the agreement (tariff reductions, rules and certificate of origin, technical standards, foreign direct investment (FDI), Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), public procurement, Trade in Services...) however, also needs to know if other countries may have agreements in force with one of these countries.

b) Has no agreement in force with any America country:

One possible scenario is that another country (or region) can have an Agreement in force with the American Countries. Then, the exporter has a disadvantage.

All these factors are essential to design and adapt the International Marketing strategy for each target market in America.

For example, an Argentinian company wishing to export to the United States would be at a disadvantage with a Chilean company, as Chile has a free trade agreement in force with the United States, and the Argentinian company has all the advantages inherent to the agreement. The Argentinian company should consider this factor in its export strategy to the region.

The Master in International Trade and Business in America includes the following Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and institutions related to the foreign trade in the region.

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

The United States' Free Trade Agreements.

1. United States-Australia
2. United States-Korea
3. United States-Singapore
4. United States-Chile
5. United States-Colombia
6. United States-Peru
7. United States-Panama
8. United States-Central America-Dominican Republic
9. United States-Bahrain
10. United States-Oman
11. US-Jordan
12. United States-Morocco
13. United States-Israel
14. European Union-United States
15. ASEAN-United States
16. Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (negotiations)
17. AGOA - United States-Africa

Canada.

1. Colombia-Canada
2. Peru-Canada
3. Chile-Canada
4. Panama-Canada
5. Honduras-Canada
6. Canada-Costa Rica
7. European Free Trade Association (EFTA)-Canada
8. ASEAN-Canada
9. India-Canada
10. Jordan-Canada

Mexico

1. Mexico-Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras)
2. Mexico-Costa Rica
3. Mexico-Nicaragua
4. Mexico-Colombia
5. Mexico-Uruguay
6. Mexico-Chile
7. Mexico-MERCOSUR
8. European Union-Mexico
9. Mexico-EFTA
10. Mexico-Japan
11. Mexico-Israel

Free Trade Agreements (FTA) in Central America.

1. Central America-Chile
2. European Union-Central America
3. Central America-Panama
4. Central America-Dominican Republic
5. China-Costa Rica
6. CARICOM-Costa Rica
7. Colombia-Northern Triangle
8. Taiwan-Honduras-El Salvador
9. Guatemala-Taiwan
10. Taiwan-Nicaragua
11. Panama-Taiwan
12. Singapore-Panama
13. Panama-Central America
14. Panama-Chile
15. Andean Community-Panama

Colombia's Free Trade Agreements (FTA).

1. Colombia-Chile
2. Colombia-CARICOM
3. Colombia-European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

Peru's Free Trade Agreements (FTA)

1. China-Peru
2. Peru-Singapore
3. Peru-MERCOSUR
4. Chile-Peru
5. Peru-EFTA

Agreements of the Andean Community

1. Andean Community-MERCOSUR
2. Andean Community-Chile
3. Andean Community-India
4. Andean Community-China
5. European Union-Andean Community
6. Andean Community-Russia

MERCOSUR's Agreements

1. Chile-MERCOSUR
2. India-MERCOSUR
3. Egypt-MERCOSUR
4. Israel-MERCOSUR
5. European Union-MERCOSUR

Chile's Agreements.

1. China-Chile
2. India-Chile
3. South Korea-Chile
4. Australia-Chile
5. European Union-Chile
6. European Free Trade Association (EFTA)-Chile
7. Turkey-Chile
8. Chile-Ecuador

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