Legal Instruments

To fully play its key role in reducing trade costs and facilitating trade across countries at all levels of development, trade digitalization needs legal recognition of trade-related data and documents. Reason why development and harmonization of legal frameworks made available to countries to accelerate the implementation of facilitation measures for trade and development are crucial.

Title	Geographical Coverage	Legal Nature
India – Republic of Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)	Other	Treaties and other international agreements
Protocol to Establish and Implement the ASEAN Single Window (ASW Protocol)	Regional	Treaties and other international agreements
IATA e-CSD/CSD Resolution 651	Global	Treaties and other international agreements
Universal Postal Convention	Global	Treaties and other international agreements
UPU Multilateral Data Sharing Agreement	Global	Treaties and other international agreements
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP)	Regional	Treaties and other international agreements
Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus (PACER Plus)	Regional	Treaties and other international agreements
Multilateral e-AWB Agreement	Global	Treaties and other international agreements
Korea-Singapore Digital Partnership Agreement (KSDPA)	Other	Treaties and other international agreements
Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA)	Global	Treaties and other international agreements
China-Nicaragua Free Trade Agreement	Other	Treaties and other international agreements
ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA)	Regional	Treaties and other international agreements
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	Global	Treaties and other international agreements
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Recommendation on Electronic Authentication and OECD Guidance for Electronic Authentication	Global	Recommendations/guidelines
U.S.-Japan Digital Trade Agreement	Other	Treaties and other international agreements
European Union - Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement	Other	Treaties and other international agreements
China - Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA)	Other	Treaties and other international agreements
Republic of Korea - Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA)	Other	Treaties and other international agreements
ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA)	Regional	Treaties and other international agreements
Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement (ACI-FTA)	Other	Treaties and other international agreements
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)	Regional	Treaties and other international agreements
World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA)	Global	Treaties and other international agreements
European Union (EU) Union Customs Code (UCC)	Regional	Treaties and other international agreements
UNNExT Electronic Single Window Legal Issues: A Capacity-Building Guide	Global	Recommendations/guidelines
Building Single Window Environment (SWE) by World Customs Organization (WCO)	Global	Recommendations/guidelines