| 书目名称 | The African Continental Free Trade Area |
| 副标题 | Prospects, Problems |
| 编辑 | Benjamin Ofori-Amoah |
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| 概述 | Reviews the performance of pre-AfCTA trading blocs on the continent.Investigates the supply-demand relationship between African countries.Takes lessons from regional trade agreements in other parts of |
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| 描述 | .In March of 2018, 44 African countries signed the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA) to launch what is considered as the largest free trade area in the world. The signing of the agreement has been hailed as a major breakthrough for African development by African countries and organizations as well as external observers of African affairs. This is not the first time African countries have proposed a new organizational and institutional structure for development. African countries have signed at least 13 regional trade agreements (RTAs) for intraregional trade since 1959. However, the track record of these groups has been relatively mediocre compared to RTAs elsewhere. Thus, Africa has the lowest percentage of intracontinental trade in the world. ..This volume evaluates the prospects and challenges for the AfCFTA through a deep-dive assessment of previous trade blocs on the African continent and of regional free trade areas in other parts of the world. The central question of the book is this: If pre-AfCFTA trade blocs in Africa did not encourage more intracontinental trade, what guarantees that the AfCTA will? The formation of the AfCFTA will definitely remove |
| 出版日期 | Book 2024 |
| 关键词 | AfCTA; Regional trade agreements; Intraregional trade; Economic Community of West African States; South |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59181-5 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-59183-9 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-59181-5 |
| copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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