Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement
The Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement or ECOTA is a preferential trade agreement reached on 17 July 2003 at the ECO summit in Islamabad whereby a preferential trade region was formed between the countries of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.[1] As of 2008, the ECOTA is in effect.[2] As part of ECO Vision 2025, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkey agreed to implement free trade area by 2025.[3]
See also
- Gül Train
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
- Middle East economic integration
- White card system
- Economic Cooperation Organization
References
- ^ "ECO Trade Agreement (ECOTA)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement Free Trade Agreement". aric.adb.org.
- ^ "ECO Vision 2025 & Implementation Framework" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.