Negotiating South-South Regional Trade Agreements: Economic Opportunities and Policy Directions for Africa

✍ Scribed by Gbadebo Odularu, Bamidele Adekunle (eds.)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 166
Series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of South-South regional trade issues, with a particular focus on sustainably fostering Africa’s regional trade agenda. It examines the extent to which South-South regional trade agreements (RTAs) have contributed toward enhancing regional integration and economic expansion in Africa in particular, and in the South in general. The authors recommend new conceptual frameworks, appropriate initiatives, and workable policy recipes to help South-South RTAs enhance Africa’s economic transformation trajectory.

The book underscores the geo-politics, as well as the opportunities and challenges that emerging economies now represent for Africa in the context of South-South regional trade policy. Readers will learn how Africa can strengthen its regional trade game by securing and building on the positive outcomes of South-South RTAs.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction: Increasing Dynamics and the New Trading Ecosystem for the South....Pages 1-7
The Big Picture: South–South Regional Trade Agreements within the Context of the Multilateral Trade Systems....Pages 9-32
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Trading with China: How can Africa Benefit?....Pages 35-47
Enhancing Africa–India Regional Trade Agreements: Issues and Policy Recommendations....Pages 49-60
Understanding the Dynamics of India-Africa Trade Negotiation Game: Lessons and Policy Directions....Pages 61-83
Advancing Regional Trade Interests between Africa and South Korea: Emerging Issues, Concerns and Policy Options....Pages 85-100
Africa–Brazil Regional Trade Agreements: Looking Forward with Proactive Strategies....Pages 101-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Understanding Bilateral Trade Flows and Negotiating South-South RTAs: Lessons and Policy Directions for the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement (TFTA)....Pages 115-140
Leveraging Trade Facilitation (TF) Measures to Maximize the Benefits of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in West Africa....Pages 141-157
Conclusion: Emerging Issues, Strategic Priorities for South–South RTAs Research, and Economic Policy Directions for Africa....Pages 159-165

✦ Subjects

Development Economics;International Economics;Political Economy

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