Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement Explained

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

External links

• ECO's Website
• ECO's Cultural Institute
• ECO's Trade and Development Bank
• ECO Science Foundation

Notes and References

1. Web site: ECO Trade Agreement (ECOTA) . 20 October 2019 . 4 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190304014301/http://eco.int/parameters/eco/modules/cdk/upload/content/general_content/3768/15222207936771evsfmembqsii7v8bs8p0jdv37.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement Free Trade Agreement. aric.adb.org.
3. Web site: ECO Vision 2025 & Implementation Framework . 20 October 2019 . 5 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190405184556/http://eco.int/parameters/eco/modules/cdk/upload/content/general_content/3624/1506486491201cflnbtm0acra83f5arho4dgc65.pdf . dead .