Proposed Free Trade Agreements
The United States is negotiating bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements with the following countries and blocs:
- Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA; incl. all countries on the Western Hemisphere)
- U.S.–Middle East Free Trade Area (US-MEFTA; incl. most countries in the Middle East)
- Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA; European Union)
- Thailand: United States–Thailand Free Trade Agreement (on hold since the 2006 Thai coup d'état)
- New Zealand: US–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
- Ghana: US–Ghana Free Trade Agreement
- Indonesia: US–Indonesia Free Trade Agreement
- Kenya: US–Kenya Free Trade Agreement
- Kuwait: US–Kuwait Free Trade Agreement (Expert-level trade talks held in February 2006)
- Malaysia: US–Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (last meeting was in July 2008)
- Mauritius: US–Mauritius Free Trade Agreement
- Mozambique: US–Mozambique Free Trade Agreement
- Taiwan: US–Taiwan Free Trade Agreement
- United Arab Emirates: US–United Arab Emirates Free Trade Agreement (5th round of talks are yet to be scheduled)
- US–Southern African Customs Union Free Trade Agreement (US-SAUC; incl. South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, and Namibia; on hold since 2006 due to US demands on intellectual property rights, government procurement rights and investment)
- Ecuador: US–Ecuador Free Trade Agreement
- Qatar: US–Qatar Free Trade Agreement (on hold since 2006)
- Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership
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