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Other Treaties > Contracting Parties/Signatories > Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (Total Members: 166)
Contracting Parties/Signatories Signature Instrument In Force Details
Afghanistan July 29, 2016
Albania September 8, 2000
Angola November 23, 1996
Antigua and Barbuda January 1, 1995
Argentina January 1, 1995
Armenia February 5, 2003
Australia January 1, 1995
Austria January 1, 1995
Bahrain January 1, 1995
Bangladesh January 1, 1995
Barbados January 1, 1995
Belgium January 1, 1995
Belize January 1, 1995
Benin February 22, 1996
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) September 12, 1995
Botswana May 31, 1995
Brazil January 1, 1995
Brunei Darussalam January 1, 1995
Bulgaria December 1, 1996
Burkina Faso June 3, 1995
Burundi July 23, 1995
Cabo Verde July 23, 2008
Cambodia October 13, 2004
Cameroon December 13, 1995
Canada January 1, 1995
Central African Republic May 31, 1995
Chad October 19, 1996
Chile January 1, 1995
China December 11, 2001
Colombia April 30, 1995
Comoros August 21, 2024
Congo March 27, 1997
Costa Rica January 1, 1995
Croatia November 30, 2000
Cuba April 20, 1995
Cyprus July 30, 1995
Czech Republic January 1, 1995
Côte d'Ivoire January 1, 1995
Democratic Republic of the Congo January 1, 1997
Denmark January 1, 1995
Djibouti May 31, 1995
Dominica January 1, 1995
Dominican Republic March 9, 1995
Ecuador January 21, 1996
Egypt June 30, 1995
El Salvador May 7, 1995
Estonia November 13, 1999
Eswatini January 1, 1995
European Union (EU) January 1, 1995
Fiji January 14, 1996
Finland January 1, 1995
France January 1, 1995
Gabon January 1, 1995
Gambia (the) September 23, 1996
Georgia June 14, 2000
Germany January 1, 1995
Ghana January 1, 1995
Greece January 1, 1995
Grenada February 22, 1996
Guatemala July 21, 1995
Guinea October 25, 1995
Guinea-Bissau May 31, 1995
Guyana January 1, 1995
Haiti January 30, 1996
Honduras January 1, 1995
Hong Kong, China January 1, 1995
Hungary January 1, 1995
Iceland January 1, 1995
India January 1, 1995
Indonesia January 1, 1995
Ireland January 1, 1995
Israel April 21, 1995
Italy January 1, 1995
Jamaica March 9, 1995
Japan January 1, 1995
Jordan April 11, 2000
Kazakhstan November 30, 2015
Kenya January 1, 1995
Kuwait January 1, 1995
Kyrgyzstan December 20, 1998
Lao People's Democratic Republic February 2, 2013
Latvia February 10, 1999
Lesotho May 31, 1995
Liberia July 14, 2016
Liechtenstein September 1, 1995
Lithuania May 31, 2001
Luxembourg January 1, 1995
Macao, China January 1, 1995
Madagascar November 17, 1995
Malawi May 31, 1995
Malaysia January 1, 1995
Maldives May 31, 1995
Mali May 31, 1995
Malta January 1, 1995
Mauritania May 31, 1995
Mauritius January 1, 1995
Mexico January 1, 1995
Mongolia January 29, 1997
Montenegro April 29, 2012
Morocco January 1, 1995
Mozambique August 26, 1995
Myanmar January 1, 1995
Namibia January 1, 1995
Nepal April 23, 2004
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) January 1, 1995 Details
New Zealand January 1, 1995
Nicaragua September 3, 1995
Niger December 13, 1996
Nigeria January 1, 1995
North Macedonia April 4, 2003
Norway January 1, 1995
Oman November 9, 2000
Pakistan January 1, 1995
Panama September 6, 1997
Papua New Guinea June 9, 1996
Paraguay January 1, 1995
Peru January 1, 1995
Philippines January 1, 1995
Poland July 1, 1995
Portugal January 1, 1995
Qatar January 13, 1996
Republic of Korea January 1, 1995
Republic of Moldova July 26, 2001
Romania January 1, 1995
Russian Federation August 22, 2012
Rwanda May 22, 1996
Saint Kitts and Nevis February 21, 1996
Saint Lucia January 1, 1995
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines January 1, 1995
Samoa May 10, 2012
Saudi Arabia December 11, 2005
Senegal January 1, 1995
Seychelles April 26, 2015
Sierra Leone July 23, 1995
Singapore January 1, 1995
Slovakia January 1, 1995
Slovenia July 30, 1995
Solomon Islands July 26, 1996
South Africa January 1, 1995
Spain January 1, 1995
Sri Lanka January 1, 1995
Suriname January 1, 1995
Sweden January 1, 1995
Switzerland July 1, 1995
Taiwan Province of China January 1, 2002
Tajikistan March 2, 2013
Thailand January 1, 1995
Timor-Leste August 30, 2024
Togo May 31, 1995
Tonga July 27, 2007
Trinidad and Tobago March 1, 1995
Tunisia March 29, 1995
Türkiye March 26, 1995
Uganda January 1, 1995
Ukraine May 16, 2008
United Arab Emirates April 10, 1996
United Kingdom January 1, 1995
United Republic of Tanzania January 1, 1995
United States of America January 1, 1995
Uruguay January 1, 1995
Vanuatu August 24, 2012
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) January 1, 1995
Viet Nam January 11, 2007
Yemen June 26, 2014
Zambia January 1, 1995
Zimbabwe March 5, 1995