Regional trade agreements

In 2014, the WTO received 22 new notifications regarding regional trade agreements (RTAs), compared with 35 in 2013. The notifications involved 11 RTAs. One of the RTAs was between developed partners, with another seven involving developed and developing partners. The remaining three were between developing country partners. Europe and the Asia Pacific region both made the highest number of notifications – six – while the Americas and the CIS region both made four notifications.