African regional trade agreements as legal regimes
"African regional trade integration has grown exponentially in the last decade. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the legal framework within which it is being pursued. It will fill a huge knowledge gap and serve as an invaluable teaching and research tool for policy makers in the public and private sectors, teachers, researchers and students of African trade and beyond. The author argues that African Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) are best understood as flexible legal regimes particularly given their commitment to variable geometry and multiple memberships. He analyzes the progress made toward trade liberalization in each region, how the RTAs are financed, their trade remedy and judicial regimes and how well they measure up to Article XXIV of GATT. The book also covers monetary unions as well as intra-African regional integration, and examines Free Trade Agreements with non-African regions including the Economic Partnership Agreements with the European Union"-- Provided by publisher
1 online resource (xxxii, 491 pages) : illustrations, maps
9781139101516, 9780511994821, 9781139100854, 9781107670303, 9781107218055, 9781139098823, 9781139099509, 113910151X, 0511994826, 1139100858, 1107670306, 1107218055, 1139098829, 1139099507
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African RTAs as flexible legal regimes
Variable geometry : a defining aspect of African RTAs
Multiple memberships in African RTAs
African RTAs in the context of Article XXIV of the GATT
Trade liberalization commitments and realization time frames
Financing African RTAs
African RTA judiciaries
Trade remedy regimes
Monetary unions in Africa
Intra-African regional trade integration
African RTA relations with non-African RTAs
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