Greater Arab Free Trade Area

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Greater Arab Free Trade Area

economic community, North Africa and Middle East

Also known as: GAFTA

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Arab integration
Arab integration and globalization
…international agencies, most significantly the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA), which removed tariff and customs barriers between Arab countries and was promoted as an essential tool to prepare for the introduction of Arab states into the World Trade Organization and the Euro-Med partnership.
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…international agencies, most significantly the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA), which removed tariff and customs barriers between Arab countries and was promoted as an essential tool to prepare for the introduction of Arab states into the World Trade Organization and the Euro-Med partnership.
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Tunisia
Foreign relations
…on promoting the Arab League’s Arab Free Trade Area, and in advancing regional economics. An agreement with the European Union, which came into effect in 1998, also tied Tunisia’s economy and security to the Mediterranean community. Attempts to diversify trading links led to closer ties with the East and Southeast…
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…on promoting the Arab League’s Arab Free Trade Area, and in advancing regional economics. An agreement with the European Union, which came into effect in 1998, also tied Tunisia’s economy and security to the Mediterranean community. Attempts to diversify trading links led to closer ties with the East and Southeast…
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