ASEAN Free Trade Area
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The ASEAN Free Trade Area is a regional economic agreement among Southeast Asian nations aimed at reducing trade barriers and promoting the free flow of goods within the ASEAN bloc.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T180374 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ASEAN Free Trade Area Context triple: [Association of Southeast Asian Nations, hasSubOrganization, ASEAN Free Trade Area]
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A.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising Southeast Asian countries that promotes political and economic cooperation, regional stability, and economic integration.
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B.
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional forum of Pacific Rim economies that promotes free trade, economic integration, and sustainable growth across the Asia-Pacific region.
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C.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an intergovernmental organization of South Asian countries that promotes regional cooperation and development in areas such as economics, culture, and social progress.
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D.
ASEAN Coordinating Council
The ASEAN Coordinating Council is a high-level ministerial body within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations responsible for coordinating the implementation of ASEAN policies and community-building initiatives among member states.
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E.
ASEAN Regional Forum
The ASEAN Regional Forum is a multilateral security dialogue platform in the Asia-Pacific region that brings together ASEAN members and other key countries to discuss and cooperate on political and security issues.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ASEAN Free Trade Area Target entity description: The ASEAN Free Trade Area is a regional economic agreement among Southeast Asian nations aimed at reducing trade barriers and promoting the free flow of goods within the ASEAN bloc.
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A.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising Southeast Asian countries that promotes political and economic cooperation, regional stability, and economic integration.
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B.
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional forum of Pacific Rim economies that promotes free trade, economic integration, and sustainable growth across the Asia-Pacific region.
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C.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an intergovernmental organization of South Asian countries that promotes regional cooperation and development in areas such as economics, culture, and social progress.
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D.
ASEAN Coordinating Council
The ASEAN Coordinating Council is a high-level ministerial body within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations responsible for coordinating the implementation of ASEAN policies and community-building initiatives among member states.
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E.
ASEAN Regional Forum
The ASEAN Regional Forum is a multilateral security dialogue platform in the Asia-Pacific region that brings together ASEAN members and other key countries to discuss and cooperate on political and security issues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economic integration arrangement
ⓘ
free trade area ⓘ regional trade agreement ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
ASEAN Free Trade Area
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
AFTA
|
| administeredBy |
ASEAN Economic Ministers
ⓘ
ASEAN Secretariat ⓘ |
| aimsTo | create a single market for goods in ASEAN ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Brunei Darussalam
ⓘ
Cambodia ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Laos ⓘ
surface form:
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Malaysia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
ASEAN consumers
ⓘ
ASEAN member state ⓘ
surface form:
ASEAN member state exporters
|
| cooperatesWith | World Trade Organization rules ⓘ |
| coreMechanism | Common Effective Preferential Tariff scheme ⓘ |
| foundationPlace | Singapore ⓘ |
| foundedAtEvent |
ASEAN Summit
ⓘ
surface form:
Fourth ASEAN Summit
|
| foundedBy | ASEAN member states ⓘ |
| goal |
attraction of foreign direct investment to ASEAN
ⓘ
elimination of non-tariff barriers among ASEAN members ⓘ enhancement of ASEAN’s competitiveness as a production base ⓘ promotion of free flow of goods within ASEAN ⓘ reduction of intra-ASEAN tariffs ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Highly Sensitive List
ⓘ
Inclusion List ⓘ Sensitive List ⓘ Temporary Exclusion List ⓘ |
| inception | 1992 ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
other official ASEAN languages ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area ⓘ |
| partOf |
ASEAN Economic Community
ⓘ
surface form:
ASEAN Economic Community framework
Association of Southeast Asian Nations ⓘ |
| policyArea | trade in goods ⓘ |
| policyInstrument |
rules of origin
ⓘ
safeguard measures ⓘ tariff elimination commitments ⓘ tariff reduction schedules ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier ASEAN preferential trading arrangements ⓘ |
| regionServed | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ASEAN Free Trade Area
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement
|
| shortName |
ASEAN Free Trade Area
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)
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| signingDate | 28 January 1992 ⓘ |
| signingPlace | Singapore ⓘ |
| typeOfTariffPreference | preferential tariff rates among ASEAN members ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: ASEAN Free Trade Area Description of subject: The ASEAN Free Trade Area is a regional economic agreement among Southeast Asian nations aimed at reducing trade barriers and promoting the free flow of goods within the ASEAN bloc.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
AFTA
this entity surface form:
ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)
this entity surface form:
ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement
Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area
→
componentOf
→
ASEAN Free Trade Area
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)
Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area
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relatedTo
→
ASEAN Free Trade Area
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
ASEAN economic integration agreements
this entity surface form:
ASEAN Free Trade Area agreements
this entity surface form:
ASEAN economic agreements establishing AFTA