The CBTA provides a practical approach to streamlining regulations and reducing nonphysical barriers in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). It covers the following areas:
single-stop/single-window customs inspection
cross-border movement of persons (i.e., visas for persons engaged in transport operations)
transit traffic regimes, including exemptions from physical customs inspection, bond deposit, escort, and agriculture and veterinary inspection
requirements that road vehicles will have to meet to be eligible for cross-border traffic
exchange of commercial traffic rights and
infrastructure, including road and bridge design standards, road signs, and signals.