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Agreement name:	Pacific Alliance
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	10-Feb-2014	Date of notification:	03-Nov-2016
Date of entry into force:	01-May-2016	End of implementation period:	2030
Current signatories:	Chile; Colombia; Mexico; Peru
Original signatories:	Chile; Colombia; Mexico; Peru
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	South America; North America
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Alianza del Pacífico

Text of the agreement

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	S

Consideration status (G):	Factual Presentation issued	Consideration status (S):	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration (G):	17-Sep-2019	Date of Consideration (S):	17-Sep-2019

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG377

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG377/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/871	E F S
Factual Presentation (G&S)	WT/REG377/1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG377/2	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG377/3	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG377/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: 10/03/2025

Topics
	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 conformity assessment results
		Mandatory recognition of technical regulations
		Harmonization/alignement of TBT measures at the bilateral/regional level
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
	Subsidies (Goods)
		Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Hybrid structure (Services)
		Standstill provision (Services)
		Ratchet provision (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		MFN provision (Investment)
		National Treatment with regard to the entry of investment (establishment)
		Investment liberalization
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Protection
		Investment Promotion
		Investor to State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) included
	Rendez-Vous clause (Investment)
	Provisions on capital transfers
	Domestic Regulation


	Mutual Recognition
	Balance-of-payments measures (Services)
	Subsidies (Services)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Services)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to some third parties only
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Government procurement
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Environment
		No relaxation of environmental laws
	Labour
	E-Commerce
		Customs duty exemption for Digital Products Transmitted Electronically
		Internal taxes permitted for digital products
		Location requirements for computing facilities prohibited
		Consumer protection provisions
		Paperless trading or e-signatures
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation
		Exceptions/exemptions
		Transparency provisions