Free Trade Agreements
Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA)
- Preamble
- Objectives and Definitions
- Trade in Goods
- Customs Procedures
- Rules of Origin
- Safeguards
- Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Food Standards
- Industrial Technical Barriers to Trade
- Trade in Services
- Investment
- Movement of Natural Persons
- Electronic Commerce
- Competition Policy
- Intellectual Property
- Transparent Administration of Laws and Regulations
- Government Procurement
- General Exceptions
- Institutional Provisions
- Consultations and Dispute Settlement
- Final Provisions
- Annexes
- Tariff Schedule of Thailand [See separate document]
- Tariff Schedule of Australia [See separate document]
- Rules of Origin [See separate document]
- Certificate of Origin Requirements
- Special Safeguards for Certain Sensitive Agricultural Products
- Special Safeguards of Australia [See separate document]
- Special Safeguards of Thailand [See separate document]
- Market Access Priority Products
- Control, Inspection and Approval: Priority Sectors
- Schedules of Commitments on Services and Investment
- Schedule of Commitments of Australia [See separate document]
- Schedule of Commitments of Thailand [See separate document]
Preamble
Australia and the Kingdom of Thailand, hereinafter in this Agreement referred to as the “Parties”;
Inspired by the traditional links of friendship and the cordial relations which exist between them, and their shared regional interests and ties;
Aware of the increasing importance of trade and investment for the future prosperity of the economies of the Asia-Pacific region;
Conscious that open, transparent and competitive markets are the key drivers of economic efficiency, innovation, wealth creation and consumer welfare;
Recognising the importance of promoting the flow of capital for economic activity and development and aware of its role in expanding economic relations between them, particularly with respect to investment by investors of one Party in the territory of the other Party;
Reaffirming their willingness to strengthen and reinforce the multilateral trading system as reflected in the World Trade Organization (WTO);
Mindful of their commitment to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) goals of free and open trade and investment;
Recalling the contribution made to the development of their bilateral trade relationship of the Trade Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand, done at Bangkok on 5 October 1979 and the Agreement on Economic Cooperation between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand, done atBangkok6 August 1990;
Further recalling the Agreement on Development Cooperation between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand, done at Bangkok on 2 February 1989; and
Desiring to strengthen the cooperative framework for the conduct of economic relations to ensure it is dynamic and encourages broader and deeper economic cooperation;
Have agreed as follows: