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Guatemala - Chinese Taipei

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Agreement name:	Guatemala - Chinese Taipei
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	22-Sep-2005	Date of notification:	11-Jul-2011
Date of entry into force:	01-Jul-2006	End of implementation period:	2020
Current signatories:	Chinese Taipei; Guatemala
Original signatories:	Chinese Taipei; Guatemala
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	East Asia; Central America
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Guatemala, Ministerio de Economía
Bureau of Foreign Trade, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E S

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E S

Consideration status (G):	Factual Presentation issued	Consideration status (S):	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration (G):	03-Jul-2013	Date of Consideration (S):	03-Jul-2013

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG297

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG297/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/595	E F S
Factual Presentation (G&S)	WT/REG297/1/Rev.1	E F S
Factual Presentation / Addendum	WT/REG297/1/Add.1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG297/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG297/M/1	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (G & S)	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 14/05/2019

Topics
	Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ)
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		De minimis rules
		Cumulation among Parties
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
		Mandatory recognition of technical regulations
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		Exclusion of an RTA party in global safeguard action
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
		Special safeguard in Agriculture
		Special safeguard in Textiles
		Other Special safeguards
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Negative list (Services)
		Standstill provision (Services)
		Ratchet provision (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		MFN provision (Investment)
		National Treatment with regard to the entry of investment (establishment)
		Investment liberalization
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Protection
		Investor to State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) included


	Provisions on capital transfers
	Domestic Regulation
	Balance-of-payments measures (Services)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Services)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
		Patent
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
		Traditional Knowledge
		Enforcement
	Environment
		No relaxation of environmental laws
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation

Document title
Guatemala
TPKM
Guatemala - TPKM (Services)

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