MSME Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements

Developed at the request of the WTO Informal Working Group on MSMEs, this database provides an overview of MSME-related provisions in Regional Trade Agreements notified to the WTO.

Regional Trade Agreements: A treaty between two or more governments that define the rules of trade for all signatories.
Provisions: Rules or clauses within an RTA. For this database, any text with a reference to Small- or Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) is identified as a relevant provision.
Coverage: The database covers all notified RTAs from 1959 through the current year.
Data Format: Data are derived from text files in different formats (pdf, doc, html) and aggregated into an Excel database.

Ressources

MSME Provisions in Regional Trade AgreementsHTML
Web portal

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Small business and tradeHTML
WTO webpage

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Regional Trade Agreements DatabaseHTML
RTA tracker and search

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Informal Working Group on Micro, Small and...HTML
WTO Webpage

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MSME-related language in RTAsDOCX
Informal working group on MSMEs

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Regional trade agreementsHTML
WTO website

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Informations additionnelles

Langue	English
Organe concerné	Informal Working Group on MSMEs
Point de contact	MSMEgroup@wto.org
Format(s) des données	HTML, Docx
Première publication	2021
Dernière modification	July 2025
Fréquence de mise à jour des données	Annual
Membres visés	Global
Période visée	2000-present