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Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement - RCEP (2020)

(1) An overseas company or subsidiary of an overseas company is “large” in respect of an accounting period if at least one of the following applies: (i) as at the balance date of each of the two preceding accounting periods, the total assets of the entity and its subsidiaries (if any) exceed NZ$20 million; or (ii) in each of the two preceding accounting periods, the total revenue of the entity and its subsidiaries (if any) exceeds NZ$10 million. An audit report is required unless the New Zealand business of that overseas company is not “large” and the law where the company is incorporated does not require an audit.

(2) A New Zealand company is “large” in respect of an accounting period if at least one of the following applies: (i) as at the balance date of each of the two preceding accounting periods, the total assets of the entity and its subsidiaries (if any) exceed NZ$60 million; or (ii) in each of the two preceding accounting periods, the total revenue of the entity and its subsidiaries (if any) exceeds NZ$30 million.

(3) An overseas company or subsidiary of an overseas company is “large” in respect of an accounting period if at least one of the following applies: (i) as at the balance date of each of the two preceding accounting periods, the total assets of the entity and its subsidiaries (if any) exceed NZ$20 million; or (ii) in each of the two preceding accounting periods, the total revenue of the entity and its subsidiaries (if any) exceeds NZ$10 million. An audit report is required unless the New Zealand business of that overseas company is not “large” and the law where the company is incorporated does not require an audit.

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Sector : Agriculture, including services incidental to agriculture Level of Government : Central Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description of Measure : Investment The Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 (DIRA) and Regulations provide for the management of a national database for herd testing data. The DIRA: (a) provides for the New Zealand Government to determine arrangements for the database to be managed by another dairy industry entity. In doing so the New Zealand Government may: (i) take into account the nationality and residency of the entity, persons that own or control the entity, and the senior management and board of directors of the entity; and (ii) restrict who may hold shares in the entity, including on the basis of nationality; (b) requires the transfer of data by those engaged in herd testing of dairy cattle to the Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) or successor entity; (c) establishes rules regarding access to the database and that access may be denied on the basis that the database’s intended use could be “harmful to the New Zealand dairy industry”, which may take into account the nationality or residency of the person seeking access. Source of Measure : Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001

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Sector : Communication services Telecommunications Level of Government : Central Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description of Measure : Investment The Constitution of Chorus Limited requires New Zealand Government approval for the shareholding of any single overseas entity to exceed 49.9 per cent. At least half of board directors are required to be New Zealand citizens. Source of Measure : Constitution of Chorus Limited

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Sector : Communication services Audio-visual services Level of Government : Central Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Description of Measure : Investment The acquisition of licences or management rights to use the radio frequency spectrum, or any interest in such licences or management rights, under the Radiocommunications Act 1989 by foreign governments or agents on behalf of foreign governments is subject to the written approval of the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Source of Measure : Radiocommunications Act 1989

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Sector : Agriculture, including services incidental to agriculture Level of Government : Central Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description of Measure : Investment Under the Primary Products Marketing Act 1953, the New Zealand Government may impose regulations to enable the establishment of statutory marketing authorities with monopoly marketing and acquisition powers (or lesser powers) for “primary products”, being products derived from beekeeping, fruit growing, hop growing, deer farming or game deer, or goats, being the fur bristles or fibres grown by the goat. Regulations may be issued under the Primary Products Marketing Act 1953 concerning a broad range of the marketing authority’s functions, powers and activities. In particular, regulations may require that board members or personnel be nationals of or resident in New Zealand. Source of Measure : Primary Products Marketing Act 1953

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Sector : Air Transportation Level of Government : Central Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description of Measure : Investment Only a licensed air transport enterprise may provide international scheduled air services as a New Zealand international airline. Only a licensed air transport enterprise may provide international scheduled air services, including cabotage, within New Zealand, as a foreign international airline. Either the Minister for Transport or the Secretary for Transport determines the issuance of international air services licences. Non-scheduled air services require either an appropriate licence or the approval of the Secretary for Transport in accordance with guidelines issued by the Minister for Transport. Such determinations shall include consideration of the provisions of New Zealand’s bilateral and multilateral air services agreements. Licences may be subject to certain conditions, such as that the airline is substantially owned and effectively controlled by New Zealand nationals, or have its principal place of business in New Zealand. Source of Measure : - Civil Aviation Act 1990 - Ministerial Guidelines

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Sector : Air Transportation Level of Government : Central Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description of Measure : Investment No one foreign national may hold more than 10 per cent of shares which confer voting rights in Air New Zealand unless they have the permission of the Kiwi Shareholder (New Zealand Government). In addition: (a) no person that owns or operates an airline business, nor any other person ‘associated’ with a person who owns or operates an airline business, may hold or have an interest in Air New Zealand unless the prior written consent of the Kiwi Shareholder (New Zealand Government) has been given; (b) the location of the Head Office of Air New Zealand, and its principal place of business, shall be in New Zealand; (c) at least three members of the board of directors must be ordinarily resident in New Zealand; (d) more than half of the board of directors must be New Zealand citizens; (e) the Chairperson of the board of directors must be a New Zealand citizen; and (f) Air New Zealand shall continue to be incorporated and registered in New Zealand. Source of Measure : Constitution of Air New Zealand Limited

List B. Explanatory Notes

1. This List is made pursuant to Chapter 10 (Investment) only. Any aspects of this List which relate to investment in services that are covered by Chapter 8 (Trade in Services) only are retained in this List solely for transparency purposes.

2. This List sets out, pursuant to Article 10.8 (Reservations and Non-Conforming Measures), the specific sectors, subsectors, or activities for which New Zealand may maintain existing, or adopt new or more restrictive, measures that do not conform with obligations imposed by:

(a) Article 10.3 (National Treatment);

(b) Article 10.4 (Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment);

(d) Article 10.7 (Senior Management and Board of Directors).

3. Each entry in New Zealand’s List sets out the following elements:

(a) Sector refers to the sector in which the entry is made;

(b) Type of Obligation specifies the obligations referred to in paragraph 2;

(c) Description sets out the nature or scope of the non-conforming measures in the sectors, subsectors or activities covered by the entry; and

(d) Existing Measures is included for transparency purposes. The measures stipulated therein are not exhaustive.

4. In accordance with Article 10.8 (Reservations and Non-Conforming Measures), the Articles of this Agreement specified in the Type of Obligation element of an entry do not apply to the sectors, subsectors, and activities identified in the Description element of that entry.

5. Where an inconsistency arises in relation to the interpretation of an entry, the Description element of the entry shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.

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Sector : All sectors Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 10.4) Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that requires the following investment activities to receive prior approval by the New Zealand Government under its overseas investment regime: a) acquisition or control of 25 per cent or more of any class of shares (5) or voting power (6) in a New Zealand entity where either the consideration for the transfer or the value of the assets exceeds NZ$10 million; b) commencement of business operations or acquisition of an existing business, including business assets, in New Zealand, where the total expenditures to be incurred in setting up or acquiring that business or those assets exceed NZ$10 million; c) acquisition or control, regardless of dollar value, of certain categories of land that are regarded as sensitive or require specific approval according to New Zealand’s overseas investment regime; and d) acquisition, regardless of the dollar value, of 25 per cent or more of any class of shares or voting power in a New Zealand entity that owns commercial fishing quota or annual catch entitlement, or the acquisition of commercial fishing quota or annual catch entitlement. New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that sets out the approval criteria to be applied to the categories of transactions that require approval under New Zealand’s overseas investment regime. Existing Measures : - Overseas Investment Act 2005 - Fisheries Act 1996 - Overseas Investment Regulations 2005

(5) For greater certainty, the term “shares” includes shares and other types of securities.

(6) For greater certainty, “voting power” includes the power to control the composition of 25 per cent or more of the governing body of the New Zealand entity.

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Sector : All sectors Type of Obligation : Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 10.4) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that accords differential treatment to a Party or non-party under any bilateral or multilateral international agreement in force or signed prior to the date of entry into force of this Agreement. For greater certainty, this includes, in respect of agreements on the liberalisation of trade in goods or services or investment, any measures taken as part of a wider process of economic integration or trade liberalisation between the parties to such agreements. New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that accords differential treatment to a Party or non-party under any international agreement in force or signed after the date of entry into force of this Agreement involving:  aviation;  fisheries; and  maritime matters. Existing Measures : -

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Sector : All sectors Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure regarding the control, management, or use of: - protected areas, including resources on land, interests in land or water, that are set up for heritage management purposes (both historic and natural heritage), public recreation, and scenery preservation; or - species owned under enactments by the Crown or that are protected by or under an enactment. Existing Measures : Conservation Act 1987 and the enactments listed in: - Schedule 1 of the Conservation Act 1987; - Resource Management Act 1991; and - Local Government Act 1974.

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Sector : All sectors Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any nationality or residency measures in relation to:  animal welfare; and  the preservation of plant, animal and human life and health; including in particular: o food safety of domestic and exported foods; o animal feeds; o food standards; o biosecurity; o biodiversity; or o certification of the plant or animal health status of goods. Nothing in this entry shall be construed to derogate from the obligations of Chapter 5 (Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures), or the obligations of the SPS Agreement. Nothing in this entry shall be construed to derogate from the obligations of Chapter 6 (Standards, Technical Regulations, and Conformity Assessment Procedures), or the obligations of the TBT Agreement. Existing Measures : -

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Sector : All sectors Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure made by or under an enactment in respect of the foreshore and seabed, internal waters as defined in international law (including the beds, subsoil and margins of such internal waters), territorial sea, the Exclusive Economic Zone, and the continental shelf, including for the issuance of maritime concessions in the continental shelf. Existing Measures : - Resource Management Act 1991 - Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 - Continental Shelf Act 1964 - Crown Minerals Act 1991 - EEZ and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012

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Sector : Business Services Legal Services Type of Obligation : Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the provision of publicly funded legal services. Existing Measures : -

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Sector : Business Services Research and Development Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 10.4) Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to:  Research and development services carried out by State funded tertiary institutions or by Crown Research Institutes when such research is conducted for a public purpose; and  Research and experimental development services on physical sciences, chemistry, biology, engineering, and technology, agricultural sciences, medical, pharmaceutical, and other natural sciences. Existing Measures : -

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Sector : Business Services Technical Testing and Analysis Services Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 10.4) Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measures in respect of:  composition and purity testing and analysis services;  technical inspection services;  other technical testing and analysis services;  geological, geophysical, and other scientific prospecting services; and  drug testing services. Existing Measures : -

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Sector : Business Services Fisheries and aquaculture Services related to fisheries and aquaculture Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 10.4) Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to control the activities of foreign fishing, including fishing landing, first landing of fish processed at sea, and access to New Zealand ports (port privileges), consistent with the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Existing Measures : - Fisheries Act 1996 - Aquaculture Reform Act 2004

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Sector : Business Services Energy Manufacturing Wholesale trade Retail Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 10.4) Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt any measure in order to prohibit, regulate, manage or control the production, use, distribution, or retail of nuclear energy, including setting conditions for natural persons or juridical persons to do so. Existing Measures : -

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Sector : Business Services Services incidental to mining Type of Obligation : Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to services incidental to mining. Existing Measures : -

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Sector : Communication Services Postal Type of Obligation : Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the supply of postal services. Existing Measures : -

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Sector : Communication Services Audio-visual and other Services Type of Obligation : Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain preferential co-production arrangements for film and television productions. Official co-production status, which may be granted to a co-production produced under these co-production arrangements, confers national treatment on works covered by these arrangements. Existing Measures : For greater transparency, Section 18 of the New Zealand Film Commission Act 1978 limits Commission funding to films with a “significant New Zealand content”. This criterion is deemed to be satisfied if made pursuant to a co-production agreement or arrangement with the partner country in question.

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Sector : Communication Services Audio-visual and other Services Type of Obligation : Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the promotion of film and television production in New Zealand and the promotion of local content on public radio and television, and in films. Existing Measures : -

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Sector : Agriculture, including services incidental to agriculture Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to:  specifying the terms and conditions for the establishment and operation of any government endorsed allocation scheme for the rights to the distribution of export products falling within the HS Code categories covered by the Agreement on Agriculture to markets where tariff quotas, country-specific preferences, or other measures of similar effect are in force; or  the allocation of distribution rights to wholesale trade service suppliers pursuant to the establishment or operation of such an allocation scheme. This entry is not intended to have the effect of prohibiting all investment in the provision of wholesale trade and distribution services relating to goods in the HS Code covered by the Agreement on Agriculture. The entry applies in respect of investment to the extent that the services sectors specified in this entry are a subset of agricultural products subject to tariff quotas, country-specific preferences, or other measures of similar effect. Existing Measures : -

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Sector : Agriculture, including services incidental to agriculture Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measures necessary to give effect to the establishment or the implementation of mandatory marketing plans (also referred to as “export marketing strategies”) for the export marketing of products derived from:  agriculture;  beekeeping;  horticulture;  arboriculture;  arable farming; and  the farming of animals, where there is support within the relevant industry that a mandatory collective marketing plan should be adopted or activated. For the avoidance of doubt, mandatory marketing plans, in the context of this entry, exclude measures limiting the number of market participants or limiting the volume of exports. Existing Measures : New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority Act 1987

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Sector : Recreation, cultural, and sporting Type of Obligation : Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to gambling, betting, and prostitution services. Existing Measures : - Gambling Act 2003 and Regulations - Prostitution Reform Act 2003 - Racing Act 2003 - Racing (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 - Racing (New Zealand Greyhound Racing Association Incorporated) Order 2009

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Sector : Recreation, cultural, and sporting Library, archive, museum, and other cultural services Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 10.4) Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure in respect of:  cultural heritage of national value; including ethnological, archaeological, historical, literary, artistic, scientific or technological heritage, as well as collections that are documented, preserved and exhibited by museums, galleries, libraries, archives and other heritage collecting institutions;  public archives;  library and museum services; or  services for the preservation of historical or sacred sites or historical buildings. Existing Measures : -

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Sector : Transport Maritime Services Type of Obligation : National Treatment (Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 10.4) Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to:  the carriage by sea of passengers or cargo between a port located in New Zealand and another port located in New Zealand and traffic originating and terminating in the same port in New Zealand (maritime “cabotage”);  provision of certain Port Services (pilotage, towing and tug assistance provisioning, fuelling and watering, garbage collecting and ballast waste disposal, port captains’ services, navigation aids, emergency repair facilities, anchorage, other shore-based operational services essential to ship operations, including communications, water and electrical supplies). However, no measures shall be applied which deny international maritime transport suppliers reasonable and non-discriminatory access to the above port services;  the establishment of registered companies for the purpose of operating a fleet under the New Zealand flag;  the registration of vessels in New Zealand; and  the regulation and entry of ships crews to New Zealand through the presence of natural person mode of supply. Existing Measures : -

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Sector : Financial services Type of Obligation : Prohibition of Performance Requirements (Article 10.6) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 10.7) Description : Investment New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to financial services as defined in GATS Annex on Financial Services that is not inconsistent with New Zealand’s obligations under Articles XVI, XVII, and XVIII of GATS. Existing Measures : -

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(7) “Creative arts” include the performing arts – including theatre, dance, and music – visual arts and craft, literature, film and video, language arts, creative on-line content, indigenous traditional practice and contemporary cultural expression, and digital interactive media and hybrid art work, including those that use new technologies to transcend discrete art form divisions. The term encompasses those activities involved in the presentation, execution, and interpretation of the arts, and the study and technical development of these art forms and activities.

Type	Agreements	Date of signature	Date of entry in force
IT_OVERLAP	Australia - Philippines BIT (1995)	25 / Jan / 1995	08 / Dec / 1995
IT_OVERLAP	China - Viet Nam BIT (1992)	02 / Dec / 1992	01 / Sep / 1993
IT_OVERLAP	Japan - Myanmar BIT (2013)	15 / Dec / 2013	07 / Aug / 2014
IT_OVERLAP	China - Singapore FTA (2008)	23 / Oct / 2008	01 / Jan / 2009
IT_OVERLAP	Cambodia - Korea, Republic of FTA (2021)	26 / Oct / 2021	01 / Dec / 2022
IT_OVERLAP	China - Philippines BIT (1992)	20 / Jul / 1992	08 / Sep / 1995
IT_OVERLAP	Japan - Lao People's Democratic Republic BIT (2008)	16 / Jan / 2008	03 / Aug / 2008
IT_OVERLAP	Indonesia - Korea, Republic of BIT (1991)	16 / Feb / 1991	10 / Mar / 1994
IT_OVERLAP	Framework Agreement on the BIMST-EC Free Trade Area (2004)	08 / Feb / 2004	30 / Jun / 2004
IT_OVERLAP	Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) (2023)
IT_OVERLAP	Indonesia - Japan FCN (1961)	01 / Jul / 1961	01 / Jul / 1961
IT_OVERLAP	Korea, Republic of - Viet Nam BIT (1993)	13 / May / 1993	04 / Sep / 1993
IT_OVERLAP	Japan - Thailand EPA (2007)	03 / Apr / 2007	01 / Nov / 2007
IT_OVERLAP	Australia - Malaysia FTA (2012)	22 / May / 2012	01 / Jan / 2013
IT_OVERLAP	Korea, Republic of - Viet Nam FTA (2015)	05 / May / 2015	20 / Dec / 2015
IT_OVERLAP	Australia - Japan EPA (2014)	08 / Jul / 2014	15 / Jan / 2015
IT_OVERLAP	Australia - Singapore FTA (2003)	17 / Feb / 2003	28 / Jul / 2003
IT_OVERLAP	China - Japan BIT (1988)	27 / Aug / 1988	14 / May / 1989
IT_OVERLAP	Cambodia - Japan BIT (2007)	14 / Jun / 2007	31 / Jul / 2008
IT_OVERLAP	ASEAN - Japan FTA (2008)	14 / Apr / 2008	01 / Dec / 2008
IT_OVERLAP	Japan - Philippines EPA (2006)	09 / Sep / 2006	11 / Dec / 2008
IT_OVERLAP	ASEAN - Korea, Republic of Investment Agreement (2009)	02 / Jun / 2009	01 / Sep / 2009
IT_OVERLAP	Investment Facilitation for Development (2024)
IT_OVERLAP	Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) Framework Agreement on Investment (2009)	15 / Dec / 2009	06 / Apr / 2011
IT_OVERLAP	Trans - Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPSEP) (2005)	18 / Jul / 2005	28 / May / 2006
IT_OVERLAP	Korea, Republic of - Singapore FTA (2005)	04 / Aug / 2005	02 / Mar / 2006
IT_OVERLAP	Australia - Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (2019)	04 / Mar / 2019	05 / Jul / 2020
IT_OVERLAP	Australia - Indonesia BIT (1992)	17 / Nov / 1992	29 / Jul / 1993
IT_OVERLAP	China - Myanmar BIT (2001)	12 / Dec / 2001	21 / May / 2002
IT_OVERLAP	China - Indonesia BIT (1994)	18 / Nov / 1994	01 / Apr / 1995
IT_OVERLAP	China - Korea, Republic FTA (2015)	01 / Jun / 2015	20 / Dec / 2015
IT_OVERLAP	Australia - China BIT (1988)	11 / Jul / 1988	11 / Jul / 1988
IT_OVERLAP	Japan - Philippines Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation (1979)	10 / May / 1979	20 / Jul / 1980
IT_OVERLAP	Australia - Korea, Republic of FTA (2014)	08 / Apr / 2014	12 / Dec / 2014
IT_OVERLAP	New Zealand - Singapore CEPA (2019)	17 / May / 2019	01 / Jan / 2020
IT_OVERLAP	China - New Zealand BIT (1988)	22 / Nov / 1988	25 / Mar / 1989
IT_OVERLAP	Korea, Republic of - Malaysia BIT (1988)	11 / Apr / 1988	31 / Mar / 1989
IT_OVERLAP	Australia - China FTA (2015)	17 / Jun / 2015	20 / Dec / 2015
IT_OVERLAP	Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Investment Agreement (1981)	05 / Jun / 1981	23 / Sep / 1986
IT_OVERLAP	Brunei Darussalam - China BIT (2000)	17 / Nov / 2000
IT_OVERLAP	China - Singapore BIT (1985)	21 / Nov / 1985	07 / Feb / 1986
IT_OVERLAP	New Zealand - Singapore CEPA (2000)	14 / Nov / 2000	01 / Jan / 2001
IT_OVERLAP	Japan - Viet Nam BIT (2003)	14 / Nov / 2003	19 / Dec / 2004
IT_OVERLAP	China - Japan - Korea, Republic of Trilateral Investment Agreement (2012)	13 / May / 2012	17 / May / 2014
IT_OVERLAP	Australia - Japan Treaty of Friendship and Co-Operation (1976)	16 / Jun / 1976	21 / Aug / 1977
IT_OVERLAP	China - Thailand BIT (1985)	12 / Mar / 1985	13 / Dec / 1985
IT_OVERLAP	Indonesia - Korea, Republic of CEPA (2020)	18 / Dec / 2020	01 / Jan / 2023
IT_OVERLAP	Korea, Republic of - Viet Nam BIT (2003)	15 / Sep / 2003	05 / Jun / 2004
IT_OVERLAP	Cambodia - Korea, Republic of BIT (1997)	10 / Feb / 1997	12 / Mar / 1997
IT_OVERLAP	Brunei Darussalam - Korea, Republic of BIT (2000)	14 / Nov / 2000	30 / Oct / 2003
IT_OVERLAP	ASEAN - Australia - New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (2009)	27 / Feb / 2009	10 / Jan / 2010
IT_OVERLAP	Indonesia - Japan EPA (2007)	20 / Aug / 2007	01 / Jul / 2008
IT_OVERLAP	Australia - Viet Nam BIT (1991)	05 / Mar / 1991	11 / Sep / 1991
IT_OVERLAP	Japan - Viet Nam EPA (2008)	25 / Dec / 2008	01 / Oct / 2009
IT_OVERLAP	Japan - Singapore New-Age Economic Partnership (2002)	13 / Jan / 2002	13 / Jan / 2002
IT_OVERLAP	China - Korea, Republic of BIT (1992)	30 / Sep / 1992	04 / Dec / 1992
IT_OVERLAP	Korea, Republic of - Philippines BIT (1994)	07 / Apr / 1994	25 / Sep / 1996
IT_OVERLAP	Cambodia - China FTA (2020)	12 / Oct / 2020	01 / Jan / 2022
IT_OVERLAP	China - Malaysia BIT (1988)	21 / Nov / 1988	31 / Mar / 1990
IT_OVERLAP	Australia - New Zealand Investment Protocol (2011)	16 / Feb / 2011	01 / Mar / 2013
IT_OVERLAP	Japan - Korea, Republic of BIT (2002)	22 / Mar / 2002	01 / Jan / 2003
IT_OVERLAP	New Zealand - Thailand EPA (2005)	19 / Apr / 2005	01 / Jul / 2005
IT_OVERLAP	Japan - Philippines FCN (1960)	09 / Dec / 1960	27 / Sep / 1974
IT_OVERLAP	China - Lao People's Democratic Republic BIT (1993)	31 / Jan / 1993	01 / Jun / 1993
IT_OVERLAP	Japan - Malaysia FCN (1960)	10 / May / 1960	10 / May / 1960
IT_OVERLAP	Japan - Malaysia EPA (2005)	13 / Dec / 2005	13 / Jul / 2006
IT_OVERLAP	Australia - Lao People's Democratic Republic BIT (1994)	06 / Apr / 1994	08 / Apr / 1995
IT_OVERLAP	Brunei Darussalam - Japan EPA (2007)	18 / Jun / 2007	31 / Jul / 2008
IT_OVERLAP	China - New Zealand FTA (2008)	07 / Apr / 2008	01 / Oct / 2008
IT_OVERLAP	Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) (2016)	04 / Feb / 2016
IT_OVERLAP	ASEAN - China Investment Agreement (2009)	15 / Aug / 2009	01 / Jan / 2010
IT_OVERLAP	ASEAN - Australia - New Zealand FTA Second Protocol (2023)	21 / Aug / 2023
IT_OVERLAP	Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus (2017)	14 / Jun / 2017	13 / Dec / 2020
IT_OVERLAP	Korea, Republic of - Thailand BIT (1989)	24 / Mar / 1989	30 / Sep / 1989
IT_OVERLAP	China - Korea, Republic of BIT (2007)	07 / Sep / 2007	01 / Dec / 2007
IT_OVERLAP	Korea, Republic of - Lao People's Democratic Republic BIT (1996)	15 / May / 1996	14 / Jun / 1996
IT_OVERLAP	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) (2018)	08 / Mar / 2018	30 / Dec / 2018
IT_OVERLAP	Korea, Republic of - Myanmar BIT (2014)	05 / Jun / 2014
IT_OVERLAP	Cambodia - China BIT (1996)	19 / Jul / 1996	01 / Feb / 2000
IT_OVERLAP	Malaysia - New Zealand FTA (2009)	26 / Oct / 2009	01 / Aug / 2010
IT_OVERLAP	Australia - Thailand FTA (2004)	05 / Jul / 2004	01 / Jan / 2005
IT_OVERLAP	Korea, Republic of - New Zealand FTA (2015)	23 / Mar / 2015	20 / Dec / 2015