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Sri Lanka


Sri Lanka has preferential and free trade agreements with India, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, Singapore and Israel. It is currently in the processing of upgrading its agreement with India to a much more comprehensive one.

Sri Lanka is also party to SAFTA, the agreement on a South Asia Free Trade Area, as well as BIMSTEC, which aims to hammer out a regional FTA.

last update: May 2012
Photo: Sri Lankan engineers' association

See also
Singapore and Sri Lanka sign free trade agreement
23-Jan-2018     Colombo Page
Sri Lanka and Singapore signed a Free Trade Agreement deepening the economic ties and facilitating greater trade flows between the two countries.
Serious malpractices in the negotiation process of the free trade agreements
23-Jan-2018     Professional National Front
Professional National Front, an alliance of the professional associations and trade unions have observed serious violations of the law, best practices and hence the good governance in the negotiation process of the free trade Agreement. They took steps to inform all ministers of the cabinet including the president, in writing but their plea has not been heard.
Don't sign FTA with Singapore: Professionals tell Govt.
23-Jan-2018     Daily Mirror
Ahead of the Sri Lankan government’s move to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Singapore, a collective of professional movements have expressed grave concerns and stated that there were serious violations of the law, best practices and good governance in the negotiation process of the agreement.
Cabinet approves proposed FTA with Singapore
17-Jan-2018     Colombo Gazette
The Sri Lankan Cabinet has approved the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to be signed with Singapore
SL-Singapore FTA first draft forwarded for Cabinet approval
4-Jan-2018     Daily Mirror
Unlike trade negotiations with behemoths such as India and China, politically-backed protests have not taken place against the Sri Lanka-Singapore FTA negotiations.
Malaysia and Sri Lanka to speed up FTA talks
19-Dec-2017     Hiru
President Maithripala Sirisena and the visiting Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato’ Sri Mohd. Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak agreed to expand trade relations between the 2 countries further.
Next round of ETCA negotiations set for next month
21-Nov-2017     Colombo Gazette
The key objective of ETCA is to resolve the implementation issues on the existing free trade agreement with India.
Australia, Sri Lanka sign trade and investment framework agreement
4-Nov-2017     Colombo Page
The arrangement will establish regular senior officials' talks to facilitate trade and investment.
Taking a closer look at ETCA
21-Sep-2017     Daily Mirror.lk
If one analyses the costs and benefits then it isn’t that difficult to realize that ETCA is a decision by one country and the other is just obeying.
Sri Lanka to sign FTA with Singapore in October
7-Sep-2017     MENAFN
Sri Lanka is likely to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Singapore in October as the island country looks to attract more foreign investments