SPAGHETTI BOWL OF COMMITMENTS BY THE 12 TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP SIGNATORIES
Table A1.1 Framing the spaghetti/noodle bowl: regional trade agreements involving TPP-12 members, 2017
Notes:
* = pending ratification.
** = “Eurasia”: Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic.
*** = eight developing countries (D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation): Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey.
+ = European Free Trade Association: Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Switzerland.
++ = Gulf Cooperation Council: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
+++ = Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.
‡ = Organisation of Islamic Cooperation: 57 member states; for list, see www.oic-oci.org/states/?lan=en.
‡‡ = Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
‡‡‡ = Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru.
Sources: Asian Regional Integration Center, “Free trade agreements”: http//aric.adb,org/database/fta; Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, “Australia’s free trade agreements”: http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/Pages/trade-agreements.aspx; Government of Canada, “Trade and investment agreements”: www.international.gc.ca/trade-commerce/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/index.aspx?lang=eng; Organization of American States, “Trade agreements in force”: www.sice.oas.org/agreements_e.asp; Office of the United States Trade Representative, “Free trade agreements”: https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements.
