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Egypt’ Trade Agreements
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Type
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The arrangement
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Entry into Force
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Type of the Agreement
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Bilateral
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Egypt European Association Agreement
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1-6-2004
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Free Trade Agreement
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Turkey
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March 2007
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Free Trade Agreement
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EFTA
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August 2007
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Free Trade Agreement
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Lebanon
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15.3.1999
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Action plan
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Syria
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1.12.1991
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Preferential Trade Agreement
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Morocco
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28.4.1999
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Free Trade Agreement
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Tunisia
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15.3.1999
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Free Trade Agreement
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Libya
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26.4.2007
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Agreement on Trade& Customs.
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Jordan
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21.12.1999
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Free Trade Agreement
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Iraq
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8.7.2001
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Free Trade Agreement
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Qualifying Industrial Zone with USA
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14.1.2005
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Protocol
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Regional
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COMESA
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Egypt signed in 26.9.1998.However, Egypt started to give concessions
in 17.2.1999
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Started as a preferential trade agreement then continued as Free
Trade Agreement (current status)aiming at reaching a custom union then a
common market(not yet)
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GAFTA/PAFTA
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January 1998
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Free Trade Agreement
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Agadir
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Signed in 2004 and entered into force in July 2007
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Free Trade Agreement
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Multilateral
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All WTO multilateral Trade agreements. However, Egypt is not a
signatory to certain plurilateral agreements such as the Government
Procurement Agreement(GPA)
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Egypt became a member to the WTO in June 1995
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