In 2010, furthermore, the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA)
entered into force, upon the ratification of all AMS. The ATIGA, in principle, is an
enhancement of the CEPT-AFTA into a more comprehensive legal instrument. With
the existence of the ATIGA, certain ASEAN agreements related to trade in goods,
such as the CEPT-AFTA framework and other selected protocols, have been
superseded by this new framework of agreement. As a result of the ATIGA, the older
ASEAN-6 was required to issue legal enactments within 90 days, whereas the newer
AMS were required to do so within 180 days after the signing of the ATIGA.
Thereafter, tariff liberalisation commitments under the ATIGA should have been
implemented retroactivelly since 1st January 2010 (Singapore’s FTA Network, n.d.).