Най-голямата зона за свободна търговия в света

Marinov, Eduard (2019): Най-голямата зона за свободна търговия в света. Published in: Икономическо развитие – реалности и перспективи (2020)

Abstract

The Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area entered into force on 30 May 2019 and on 9 July all countries on the continent joined it. If the Agreement works as hoped, it will connect 1.3 Billion people, create a 3.4 Trillion USD economic bloc, and heat up commerce within the continent itself. The paper aims at tracing the process of economic integration in Africa, analyzing the main features and assessing the potential benefits of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: The largest free trade area in the world
• Language: Bulgarian
• Keywords: economic integration, development countries integration, FTA, African economy
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F15 - Economic Integration; F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy > F55 - International Institutional Arrangements; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O55 - Africa

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