AANZFTA is the key platform to foster economic partnership, support technical capacity building and policy dialogue among the involved Parties. As the most comprehensive ASEAN’s FTA, the AANZFTA covers a broad spectrum of areas, with standalone chapters/ annexes which includes:

• trade in goods;
• rules of origin;
• customs procedures;
• standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures;
• sanitary and phytosanitary measures;
• safeguard;
• trade in services;
• financial services;
• telecommunication services;
• movement of natural persons;
• electronic commerce
• investment;
• intellectual property
  
• competition; and
• dispute settlement.

As part of the upgrade negotiations, new areas such as government procurement, consumer protection, and trade and sustainable development will also be included into the Agreement.