Defining a trade strategy for southern Mediterranean countries

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cg.coverage.countryMoroccoen_US
cg.coverage.countryAlgeriaen_US
cg.coverage.countryTunisiaen_US
cg.coverage.countryEgypten_US
cg.coverage.countryJordanen_US
cg.coverage.countryLebanonen_US
cg.coverage.countrySyriaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MAen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2DZen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TNen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2EGen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2JOen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2LBen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SYen_US
cg.coverage.regionEuropeen_US
cg.coverage.regionNorthern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Easten_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierAntoine Bouet: 0000-0002-8020-8877en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Divisionen_US
cg.number97en_US
cg.placeWashington, DCen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorBouët, Antoineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-21T09:50:52Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-11-21T09:50:52Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160468en_US
dc.titleDefining a trade strategy for southern Mediterranean countriesen_US
dcterms.abstractThe objective of this paper is to analyze the best trade approach for Southern Mediterranean countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey) that helps them increase market access and develop trade policies which will facilitate the most efficient economic development. The study uses, the MacMap-HS6 database on market access and the Modeling International Relations under Applied General Equilibrium (MIRAGE) model of the global economy. While most South Mediterranean (SM) countries are very protectionist, they enjoy a fairly good access to world markets, either due to product specialization or to preferences granted by the European Union in the industrial sector. Today, these countries are simultaneously opting for multilateralism, North-South regionalism, and South-south regionalism. Are these options substitutes of each other? As this study suggests, that is not the case. A South-South integration of these countries is not enough trade – creating, while a North – South Free Trade Agreement with Europe is significantly trade – diverting, particularly in the case of SM countries’ agricultural imports. In order to examine the dynamics between multilateralism and regional strategies, the ‘structural congruence’ of these different trade regimes is measured and a new indicator is proposed.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBouët, Antoine. Defining a trade strategy for southern Mediterranean countries. MTID Discussion Paper 97. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160468en_US
dcterms.isPartOfMTID Discussion Paperen_US
dcterms.issued2006en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/125245en_US
dcterms.subjecttradeen_US
dcterms.subjectmarket accessen_US
dcterms.subjecttrade policiesen_US
dcterms.subjecteconomic developmenten_US
dcterms.subjectfree tradeen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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