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U.S. Free Trade Agreements

The United States has free trade agreements in force with 17 countries. These are:

Pending Free Trade Agreements

Colombia Panama South Korea
Colombia Free Trade Agreement Documents Panama Free Trade Agreement Documents South Korea Free Trade Agreement Documents


The United States has signed free trade agreements with ColombiaKorea, and Panama, but Congress must enact legislation to approve and implement each individual agreement in order for them to go into effect.

The United States is also in negotiations of a regional, Asia-Pacific trade agreement, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement with the objective of shaping a high-standard, broad-based regional pact.


U.S. Bilateral Trade Agreements


  • Seeking Congressional approval for the Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZ) initiative, for stabilizing Afghanistan and Pakistan;
  • Promoting the Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas, an initiative to extend the benefits of trade throughout societies in participating Western Hemisphere nations;
  • Coordinating the Department's work on the bilateral dialogues like the U.S-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, the U.S.-Brazil Economic Partnership Dialogue, and the U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission;
  • Supporting the U.S.-E.U. Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) and the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD);
  • Promoting development in Africa through implementation of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act;
  • Assisting the U.S. Ambassador to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum with the Summit, Ministerial, Senior Official, and Committee on Trade and Investment meetings;
  • Working to expand trade with the Middle East and North Africa by promoting bilateral and regional cooperation;
  • Managing the Economic Empowerment in Strategic Regions (EESR) initiative, which promotes private sector economic development in regions where poverty, unemployment and lack of opportunity fuel support and sympathy for extremism.
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