VII Trade Policy Issues Ahead
Author:
Mr. Arvind Subramanian
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Language:
English
Print Publication Date:
28 Sep 2000
Keywords:
OP; ESA country; country; liberalization; bottom; ESA; EU-SA FTA; market access barrier; trade liberalization effort; BLNS country; Trade barriers; Tariffs; Trade liberalization; Exports; Trade policy; Africa

Abstract

In coming years, ESA countries will be affected by the ongoing trend of trade liberalization at the regional level (Table 7.1). The EU-South Africa free trade agreement (EU-SA FTA) will also have significant trade and competitiveness effects for ESA countries with strong trade links with both the EU and South Africa; it will also have important revenue effects for several countries, notably the BLNS countries (Box 7.1). More fundamentally, it will impel a lowering of trade barriers in ESA countries, in part because their borders are porous. Direct pressures to lower trade barriers will also arise in the context of discussions about the trade arrangements that will succeed the Lomé Convention.

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Cover Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
ISBN:
9781557759429
ISSN:
0251-6365
Publication Date:
28 Sep 2000
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557759429.084
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