Sparteca

The South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co- operation Agreement (Engl. South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement , dt. Südpazifisches trade and economic agreement ) is a negotiated on July 14, 1980 agreement several countries in the South Pacific area , which has the goal of trade and economic cooperation, Improve unbalanced economic relations between Australia and New Zealand on the one hand and the region's small island states on the other. It was signed by the following states:

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

Later joined:

•  Fiji
•  Marshall Islands
•  Micronesia
•  Nauru
•  Vanuatu

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• Text by SPARTECA ( PDF; 88 kB)