South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement

The SPARTECA ( engl. South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co - operation Agreement, dt Südpazifisches trade and economic agreements ) is a negotiated agreement on July 14, 1980 several states of the South Pacific, which has the goal of trade and economic cooperation, the unbalanced economic relations between Australia and New Zealand on the one hand and to improve the small island states of the region on the other. It has been signed by the following States:

  • Australia Australia
  • Cook Islands Cook Islands
  • Kiribati Kiribati
  • New Zealand New Zealand
  • Niue Niue
  • Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
  • Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
  • Samoa Samoa
  • Tonga Tonga
  • Tuvalu Tuvalu

Later on were:

  • Fiji Fiji
  • Marshall Islands Marshall Islands
  • Micronesia Foderierte States Micronesia
  • Nauru Nauru
  • Vanuatu Vanuatu
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