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23 March  2023 
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Committee on Trade and Development  
Dedicated Session on Regional Trade Agreements    
 
 
STATUS OF THE WORK OF THE DEDICATED SESSION  
STATUS OF THE PREPARATION OF FACTUAL PRESENTATION S 
Report by the Chair person  
   
  WT/COMTD/RTA/W/15  
 
- 2 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
1. Comments delayed (Agreements among Members)  
EAC Enlargement (G)  1.8.2012  8.3.2013  Data received  19.5.2014  16.6.2014  No No comments 
received  from any of 
the Parties  
2. Data delayed (Agreements among Members)  
Mexico -Cuba Economic 
Complementarity Agreement  (G) 23.7.2019  13.1.2020  Data received from Mexico     Cuba's data will be 
sourced from ALADI  
Argentina -Mexico Economic 
Complementarity Agreement (G)  23.7.2019  13.1.2020  Data received from Mexico     Awaiting data from 
Argentina  
India-United Arab Emirates 
Comprehensive Economic 
Partnership Agreement (G&S)  22.9.2022  13.2.2023  Data received from India 
    Awaiting data from 
UAE  
3. Data delayed (Agreements with Non Members)  
SAFTA -Accession of Afghanistan (G)  29.7.2016  22.12.2016  Data received from India; 
Trade data received from 
Sri Lanka     Awaiting data from 
Afghanistan, 
Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
Maldives, Nepal, 
Pakistan and tariff 
data from Sri  Lanka  
SAFTA (G)  21.4.2008  10.8.2009  Data received from India;  
some data received from 
Bangladesh     Awaiting data from 
Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
Maldives, Nepal, 
Pakistan, Sri  Lanka  
Pacific Island Countries Trade 
Agreement (PICTA) (G)  28.8.2008  19.7.2022      Awaiting data from 
the PICTA Parties  
 
 
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