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Agreement name:	Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP)
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Partial Scope Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause
Date of signature:	13-Apr-1988	Date of notification:	25-Sep-1989
Date of entry into force:	19-Apr-1989	End of implementation period:	1989
Current signatories:	Algeria; Argentina; Bangladesh; Benin; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Brazil; Cameroon; Chile; Colombia; Cuba; Ecuador; Egypt; Ghana; Guinea; Guyana; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Libya; Malaysia; Mexico; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Pakistan; Peru; Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Tanzania; Thailand; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Viet Nam; Zimbabwe
Original signatories:	Algeria; Argentina; Bangladesh; Benin; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Brazil; Cameroon; Chile; Colombia; Cuba; Ecuador; Egypt; Ghana; Guinea; Guyana; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Libya; Malaysia; Mexico; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Pakistan; Peru; Philippines; Romania; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Tanzania; Thailand; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Viet Nam; Zimbabwe
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	Africa; South America; West Asia; Caribbean; East Asia; Middle East; North America; Central America
All Parties WTO members?	No	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

GSTP / SGPC

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status:	No report

Related documents

Document series:

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	L/6564	E
Agreement	L/6564/Add.1	E

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 01/12/2017

Topics
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Cumulation among Parties
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)


	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to some third parties only
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Political Settlement / Consultations only