With the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers, negotiation of FTA with Thailand was commenced in 2018. Since initiation , nine rounds of extensive negotiations between the two countries were held on 14 Chapters & relevant Annexes of the agreement. The Sri Lanka Thailand Free Trade Agreement (SLTFTA) is comprehensive in scope and covers areas on Trade in Goods, Rules of Origin, Sanitary and PhytoSanitory Measures, Technical Barriers to Trade , Trade Remedies, Trade in Services, Investment, Customs Procedure and Trade Facilitation , Economic Cooperation, Intellectual Property, Initial Provisions, Institutional and Final Provisions, Transparency and Dispute Settlement.
· Subsequent to the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers, the SLTFTA was signed on the 3rd February 2024, in Sri Lanka.
- PREAMBLE
- CHAPTER 1 : INITIAL PROVISIONS AND GENERAL DEFINITIONS
- CHAPTER 2 : TRADE IN GOODS
- CHAPTER 3 : RULES OF ORIGIN
- CHAPTER 4 : CUSTOMS PROCEDURES AND TRADE FACILITATION
- CHAPTER 5 : SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES
- CHAPTER 6 : TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
- CHAPTER 7 : TRADE REMEDIES
- CHAPTER 8 : TRADE IN SERVICES
- CHAPTER 9 : INVESTMENT
- CHAPTER 10 : INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- CHAPTER 11 : ECONOMIC COOPERATION
- CHAPTER 12 : TRANSPARENCY
- CHAPTER 13 : DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
- CHAPTER 14 : INSTITUTIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
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Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) Webinar Series The UK Government launched the DCTS on 19th June 2023. The DCTS is the UK’s new unilateral preference scheme and liberalises trade with 65 developing countries. It offers simpler and more generous trading terms and aims to boost trade with partner countries. We have put together a series of webinars to support businesses to export to the UK under the scheme. All sessions will include a Q&A section. Please feel free to forward these links to relevant business and policy groups. More information on the scheme can be found at Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
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