Free trade agreements of Canada

Canada is a founding member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) since 1 January 1995, having been an original GATT member since 1 January 1948. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which is held with Canada by the United States and Mexico, came into force on 1 January 1994, creating the largest free trade region in the world by GDP. By 2014, the combined GDP for the NAFTA area was estimated to be over Can$20 trillion with a market encompassing 474 million people. Building on that success, Canada continues to negotiate and has concluded free trade agreements with 51 countries, On 21 September 2017, CETA was provisionally applied, immediately eliminating 98% of EU's tariff lines on Canadian goods. Canada is currently the only G7 country to have free trade agreements in force with all other G7 countries. Free trade with the final G7 country, Japan, commenced when the CPTPP entered into force on 30 December 2018. ==Free trade agreements==

In force or provisionally in force Under Active Negotiation Canada is negotiating bilateral FTAs with the following countries and trade blocs: • • • , abandoned following the commencement of exploratory discussions for a free trade agreement with ASEAN as a whole • , , and • (CARIBCAN) Exploratory discussions Canada was undertaking exploratory discussions of bilateral or multilateral FTAs with the following countries and trade blocs, although formal negotiations never began: • , suspended following the Canada–Philippines waste dispute and abandoned following the commencement of exploratory discussions for a free trade agreement with ASEAN as a whole • , abandoned following the commencement of exploratory discussions for a free trade agreement with ASEAN as a whole • , with no progress since 2013 Abandoned free trade agreement proposals ==Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements==

A Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) is an agreement to promote foreign investing. FIPAs in force FIPAs in force, including date of entry into force: • Canada–Nigeria (May 2014) • Canada–United Arab Emirates (November 2025) FIPA negotiations concluded FIPA negotiations concluded, not in force nor signed, with date concluded: • Canada–Albania (November 2013) • Canada–Bahrain (February 2010) • Canada–Madagascar (August 2008) • Canada–Zambia (March 2013) Ongoing FIPA negotiations FIPA negotiations that have not yet concluded: • Canada–Democratic Republic of Congo • Canada–Gabon • Canada–Georgia • Canada–Ghana • Canada–India • Canada–Kazakhstan • Canada–Kenya • Canada–Republic of Macedonia • Canada–Mauritania • Canada–Mozambique • Canada–Pakistan • Canada–Qatar • Canada–Rwanda • Canada–Tunisia ==See also==