EU TRADE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE

Negotiations can result in different types of trade agreements:

1. Partnership and Cooperation Agreements (PCAs)
2. Association Agreements (AAs)
3. Stabilisation Agreements (SAs)
4. (Deep and Comprehensive) Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
5. Interim Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs)
6. Customs Union (CUs)

Partnership and Cooperation Agreements provide a general framework for bilateral economic  relation  without  eliminating  or  reducing  custom  tariffs.  PCA  establish  the basic  common objectives in the field of political dialogue, trade, energy, transport, environment, science and technology, justice and home affairs. In relation to business, they have non-preferential character.

Association Agreements, Stabilisation Agreements, Free Trade Agreements and  Economic  Partnership  Agreements remove  or  reduce  custom  tariffs  in  bilateral  case. The EU has concluded a number of important trade agreements with trading partners and is in the process  of  negotiating  agreements  with  many  more.  FTA  are  designed  to  create  opportunities  by opening new markets for goods and services, increasing investment opportunities, making trade cheaper, by eliminating substantially all customs duties, making trade faster, by facilitating goods’ transit through customs and setting common rules on technical and sanitary standards, making the policy environment more predictable, by taking joint commitments on areas that affect trade such as intellectual property rights, competition rules and the framework for public purchasing decisions.

Customs unions eliminate customs duties in bilateral trade and establish a joint customs tariff for foreign importers.

Trade Agreements

1. Albania (Western Balkans): Stabilisation and Association Agreement
2. Algeria: Association Agreement
3. Andorra: Customs Union
4. Antigua and Barbuda (CARIFORUM): Economic Partnership Agreement
5. Armenia: Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement
6. Azerbaijan: Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
7. Bahamas (CARIFORUM): Economic Partnership Agreement
8. Barbados (CARIFORUM): Economic Partnership Agreement
9. Belize (CARIFORUM): Economic Partnership Agreement
10. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Western Balkans): Stabilisation and Association Agreement
11. Botswana (SADC): Economic Partnership Agreement
12. Cameroon (Central Africa): Interim Economic Partnership Agreement
13. Canada: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
14. Chile: Association Agreement and Additional Protocol
15. Colombia (with Ecuador and Peru): Trade agreement
16. Comoros (ESA): Interim Economic Partnership Agreement
17. Costa Rica (Central America): Association Agreement with a strong trade component
18. Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa): Stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement
19. Dominica (CARIFORUM): Economic Partnership Agreement
20. Dominican Republic (CARIFORUM): Economic Partnership Agreement
21. Ecuador (with Colombia and Peru): Trade Agreement
22. Egypt: Association Agreement
23. El Salvador (Central America): Association Agreement with a strong trade component
24. Eswatini (SADC): Economic Partnership Agreement
25. Faroe Islands: Agreement
26. Fiji (Pacific): Interim Partnership Agreement
27. Georgia: Association Agreement
28. Ghana (West Africa): Stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement provisionally applied
29. Grenada (CARIFORUM): Economic Partnership Agreement
30. Guatemala (Central America): Association Agreement with a strong trade component
31. Guyana (CARIFORUM): Economic Partnership Agreement
32. Honduras (Central America): Association Agreement with a strong trade component
33. Iceland: Economic Area Agreement
34. Israel: Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
35. Iraq: Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
36. Jamaica (CARIFORUM): Economic Partnership Agreement
37. Japan: Global Agreement
38. Jordan: Association Agreement
39. Kazakhstan: Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
40. Kosovo: Stabilisation and Association Agreement
41. Lebanon: Association Agreement
42. Lesotho (SADC): Economic Partnership Agreement
43. Liechtenstein: Economic Area Agreement
44. Madagascar (ESA): Economic Partnership Agreement
45. Mauritius (ESA): Economic Partnership Agreement
46. Mexico: Global Agreement
47. Moldova: Association Agreement
48. Montenegro (Western Balkans): Stabilisation and Association Agreement
49. Morocco: Association Agreement
50. Mozambique (SADC): Economic Partnership Agreement
51. Namibia (SADC): Economic Partnership Agreement
52. Nicaragua (Central America): Association Agreement with a strong trade component
53. North Macedonia (Western Balkans): Stabilisation and Association Agreement
54. Norway: Economic Area Agreement
55. Palestinian Authority: Interim Association Agreement
56. Panama (Central America): Association Agreement with a strong trade component
57. Papua New Guinea (with Fiji): Interim Partnership Agreement
58. Peru (with Colombia and Ecuador): Trade Agreement
59. Samoa (Pacific): Economic Partnership Agreement
60. San Marino: Customs Union
61. Serbia (Western Balkans): Stabilisation and Association Agreement
62. Seychelles (ESA): Economic Partnership Agreement
63. Singapore: Free Trade Agreement
64. Solomon Islands (Pacific): Economic Partnership Agreement
65. South Africa: Economic Partnership Agreement
66. South Korea: Free Trade Agreement
67. St Kitts and Nevis (CARIFORUM): Economic Partnership Agreement
68. St. Lucia (CARIFORUM): Economic Partnership Agreement
69. St Vincent and the Grenadines (CARIFORUM): Economic Partnership Agreement
70. Suriname (CARIFORUM): Economic Partnership Agreement
71. Switzerland: Agreement
72. Trinidad and Tobago (CARIFORUM): Economic Partnership Agreement
73. Tunisia: Association Agreement
74. Turkey: Customs Union
75. Ukraine: Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement Association Agreement
76. United Kingdom: Trade and Cooperation Agreement
77. Vietnam: Free Trade Agreement
78. Zimbabwe (ESA): Economic Partnership Agreement