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Agreement name:	China - Maldives
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	07-Dec-2017	Date of notification:	11-Dec-2025
Date of entry into force:	01-Jan-2025	End of implementation period:	2032
Remarks:
Current signatories:	China; Maldives
Original signatories:	China; Maldives
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	East Asia; West Asia
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

China FTA Network
Maldives, Ministry of Economic Development & Trade

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status (G):	Awaiting data from the Parties	Consideration status (S):	Awaiting data from the Parties

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG498

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG498/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/1198	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 07/01/2026

Topics
	All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		De minimis rules
		Cumulation among Parties
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (TBT)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
	Countervailing measures
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Positive list (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)


	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		MFN provision (Investment)
		Investment liberalization
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Protection
		Investment Promotion
		Investor to State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) included
	Provisions on capital transfers
	Domestic Regulation
	Mutual Recognition
	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)
		Political Settlement / Consultations only
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement