Signed: 2017
Entry into force: 13 December 2020
Samoa is a Party to the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus which entered into force on 13 December 2020. PACER Plus is a regional trade, development and economic cooperation agreement with the objective to facilitate regional trade and promote economic cooperation and partnerships; promote a stable and predictable environment to progressively remove barriers to trade; and support sustainable economic development.
The Agreement was signed in June 2017 in Nukualofa, Tonga. Eight of the eleven PACER Plus signatories are Parties to the agreement through ratification: Australia, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu).
Key features of PACER Plus for Samoa include:
- Trade in Goods
- Rules of Origin
- Customs Procedures
- Sanitary and Phytosanitary
- Technical Regulations, Standards & Conformity Assessment Procedures
- Trade in Services
- Investment
- Arrangement on Labour Mobility
The PACER Plus Implementation Unit has been established in Samoa to support Signatories in the implementation of the Agreement by strengthening their capacity to benefit from regional and international trade, and contribute to achieving economic growth and sustainable development.
Trade Information portals for Members have been developed to promote and facilitate trade through access to important trade information and to support the implementation of transparency obligations.
