A certain prognosis is that international trade agreements will continue to be controversial. As a general rule, the ECSC only covers negotiations on commercial customs duties and ECA rates. It is not as comprehensive as CEPA. India has signed the CSA with Malaysia. A free trade agreement removes all barriers to trade between members, which means they can move freely between goods and services. As far as relations with non-members are concerned, the trade policy of each member is always effective. A customs union agreement is an agreement between two or more neighbouring countries aimed at eliminating barriers to trade, reducing or eliminating customs duties and eliminating quotas. These trade unions were defined by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and constitute the third stage of economic integration. Removal of barriers to trade between them and adoption of common barriers to foreign trade. The United States is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) establishes rules governing trade between the WTO`s 154 members.

The United States and other WTO members are currently leading the Doha Development Round of global trade negotiations, and a strong and market-open Doha Agreement for both goods and services would go a long way in managing the global economic crisis and restoring the role of trade in managing economic growth and development. The Doha Round would have been the world`s largest trade deal if the US and the EU had agreed to cut their agricultural subsidies.