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Bilateral relations

  1. Africa, Caribbean, Pacific
    1. Angola
    2. Benin
    3. Botswana
    4. Burkina Faso
    5. Burundi
    6. Cameroon
    7. Cape Verde
    8. Central Africa
    9. Chad
    10. Comoros
    11. Congo (Brazzaville)
    12. Congo (Kinshasa)
    13. Djibouti
    14. Equatorial Guinea
    15. Eritrea
    16. Ethiopia
    17. Gabon
    18. Gambia
    19. Ghana
    20. Guinea
    21. Guinea Bissau
    22. Ivory Coast
    23. Kenya
    24. Lesotho
    25. Liberia
    26. Madagascar
    27. Malawi
    28. Mali
    29. Mauritania
    30. Mauritius
    31. Mozambique
    32. Namibia
    33. Niger
    34. Nigeria
    35. Rwanda
    36. Sao Tome & Principe
    37. Senegal
    38. Seychelles
    39. Sierra Leone
    40. Somalia
    41. South Africa
    42. Sudan
    43. Swaziland
    44. Tanzania
    45. Togo
    46. Uganda
    47. Zambia
    48. Zimbabwe
    49. Antigua & Barbuda
    50. Bahamas
    51. Barbados
    52. Belize
    53. Cuba
    54. Dominica
    55. Dominican Republic
    56. Grenada
    57. Guyana
    58. Haiti
    59. Jamaica
    60. St Kitts & Nevis
    61. St Lucia
    62. St Vincent & The Grenadines
    63. Suriname
    64. Trinidad & Tobago
    65. Cook Islands
    66. East Timor
    67. FS Micronesia
    68. Fiji
    69. Kiribati
    70. Marshall Islands
    71. Nauru
    72. Niue
    73. Palau
    74. Papua New Guinea
    75. Samoa
    76. Solomon Islands
    77. Tonga
    78. Tuvalu
    79. Vanuatu
  2. Andean countries
    1. Bolivia
    2. Colombia
    3. Ecuador
    4. Peru
  3. ASEAN
    1. Brunei Darussalam
    2. Cambodia
    3. Indonesia
    4. Laos
    5. Malaysia
    6. Burma/Myanmar
    7. Philippines
    8. Singapore
    9. Thailand
    10. Vietnam
  4. ASEM
    1. Brunei Darussalam
    2. Cambodia
    3. Indonesia
    4. Laos
    5. Malaysia
    6. Burma/Myanmar
    7. Philippines
    8. Singapore
    9. Thailand
    10. Vietnam
    11. China
    12. India
    13. Mongolia
    14. Pakistan
    15. South Korea
  5. Balkans
    1. Albania
    2. Bosnia-Herzegovina
    3. Croatia
    4. FYR Macedonia
    5. Montenegro
    6. Serbia
  6. Central Asia
    1. Kazakhstan
    2. Kyrgyzstan
    3. Tajikistan
    4. Turkmenistan
    5. Uzbekistan
  7. Central America
    1. Panama
    2. Guatemala
    3. Costa Rica
    4. El Salvador
    5. Honduras
    6. Nicaragua
  8. Gulf region
    1. Bahrain
    2. Kuwait
    3. Oman
    4. Qatar
    5. Saudi Arabia
    6. United Arab Emirates
  9. Latin America and the Caribbean
    1. Andean Community of Nations
    2. Caribbean region
    3. Chile
    4. Cuba
    5. Dominican Republic
    6. Haiti
    7. Mercosur
    8. Mexico
  10. Mediterranean Region
    1. Algeria
    2. Egypt
    3. Israel
    4. Jordan
    5. Lebanon
    6. Morocco
    7. Palestinian Authority
    8. Syria
    9. Tunisia
  11. Mercosur
    1. Argentina
    2. Brazil
    3. Paraguay
    4. Uruguay
  12. South Caucasus
    1. Armenia
    2. Azerbaijan
    3. Georgia

Overview

The EU is firmly committed to the promotion of open and fair trade with all its trading partners. In addition to the WTO's multilateral negotiations, the EU concludes bilateral agreements and devises specific trading policies with third countries and regional areas.

Bilateral agreements are agreements between two political entities, thus legally binding these two territories only. Bilateral trade relations are about agreement on custom unions, free-trade, association, co-operation and partnership.

These preferential trade agreements are notified under either Article XXIV of the GATT or Article V of the GATS.

Statistics

Statistical data on the EU's economic relations with its main trading partners

Main economic indicators, GDP by sector, trade in goods, trade in commercial services, foreign direct investment, imports and exports with the world, ranking, trade balance.