Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA)

Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA)

The DEPA is a first of its kind agreement that establishes new approaches and collaborations in digital trade issues, promotes interoperability between different regimes, and addresses emerging digital technology issues.

The DEPA welcomed its first new member, Korea, in May 2024. As of October 2025, nine aspirant economies have applied to join the DEPA. They are China, Canada, Costa Rica, Peru, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), El Salvador, Ukraine, Thailand and Uruguay.

The DEPA includes the following key features:

Download infographic on the key features of DEPA [PDF, 263 KB].

Reference materials

• Digital Economy Partnership Agreement [PDF, 1 MB]

• Digital Economy Partnership Agreement Accession Process [PDF, 133 KB]

• Protocol to the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement [PDF, 1.5 MB]

Press releases

• 30 June 2025 - Digital Economy Partnership Agreement Joint Committee establishes Accession Working Group for the United Arab Emirates [PDF, 86 KB]

• 15 Nov 2024 - Digital Economy Partnership Agreement Joint Committee establishes Accession Working Group for Peru

• 3 May 2024 - Joint Press Release on the successful accession of the Republic of Korea to the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement [PDF, 139 KB]

• 6 October 2023 - Digital Economy Partnership Agreement Joint Committee commences Accession Working Group for Costa Rica [PDF, 122 KB]

• 9 June 2023 - Joint Press Release on the accession of the Republic of Korea to the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement [PDF, 323 KB]

• 25 August 2022 - Digital Economy Partnership Agreement Joint Committee Commences Accession Working Group for Canada [PDF, 140 KB]

• 18 August 2022 - Digital Economy Partnership Agreement Joint Committee Commences Accession Working Group for China [PDF, 140 KB]

• 5 October 2021 - Minister Gan Kim Yong Participates in Meeting on the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement [PDF, 196 KB]

• 28 December 2020 - Digital Economy Partnership Agreement Enters into Force [PDF, 90 KB]

• 12 June 2020 - Singapore, Chile and New Zealand Sign Digital Economy Partnership Agreement Electronically [PDF, 170 KB]

• 21 January 2020 - Singapore Substantially Concludes Negotiations for Digital Economy Partnership Agreement with Chile and New Zealand [PDF, 370 KB]

• 17 May 2019 - Singapore Leads the Way in New Digital Economy Partnership Agreement with Chile and New Zealand [PDF, 386 KB]