Introduction
Hong Kong and ASEAN commenced negotiations of a Free Trade Agreement (AHKFTA) and a related Investment Agreement (AHKIA) in July 2014. After ten rounds of negotiations, Hong Kong and ASEAN announced the conclusion of the negotiations in September 2017. The FTA and the Investment Agreement (the Agreements) were signed on 12 November 2017.
The Free Trade Agreement (AHKFTA) and the Investment Agreement (AHKIA) entered into force in full on 12 February 2021.
The Agreements are comprehensive in scope, encompassing trade in goods, trade in services, investment, economic and technical co-operation, dispute settlement mechanism and other related areas. The Agreements will bring legal certainty, better market access and fair and equitable treatment in trade and investment, thus creating new business opportunities and further enhancing trade and investment flows between Hong Kong and ASEAN.
The Agreements will also extend Hong Kong's FTA and Investment Agreement network to cover all major economies in Southeast Asia. They are expected to enter into force on 1 January 2019 the earliest, subject to completion of the necessary procedures.
Agreement text
Chapter 1: Establishment of the Free Trade Area, Objectives, General Definitions and Interpretations
Annex 2-1: Schedules of Tariff Commitments
Part 2: Schedule of Brunei Darussalam
Part 8: Schedule of the Philippines
Part 12: Schedule of Hong Kong, China
Annex 3-1: Operational Certification Procedures
Annex 3-2: Product Specific Rules
Annex 3-3: Product Specific Rules to be reviewed
Chapter 4: Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation
Chapter 5: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Chapter 6: Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment Procedures
Annex 8-1: Schedules of Specific Commitments
Chapter 9: Economic and Technical Cooperation
Chapter 10: Intellectual Property
Chapter 11: General Provisions and Exceptions
Chapter 12: Institutional Provisions
Chapter 13: Consultations and Dispute Settlement
Annex 13-1: Rules of Procedure for Arbitral Tribunal Proceedings
Investment Agreement and two related side agreements
Side Agreement with Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia and Singapore
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