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The African Continental Free Trade Agreement and the future of Regional Economic Communities
Journal of Contemporary African Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-27 , DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2020.1852198
Vusi Gumede 1
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ABSTRACT

Given the importance of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), it is critical to examine its potential success, or failure, particularly in the context of the Regional Economic Communities (RECs). Another important issue is how the AfCFTA would interface with other Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), the customs unions and monetary communities that already exist in Africa. The free trade agreements that subregions and or countries in Africa enter into are a threat to the AfCFTA because all efforts of African countries should be focusing on boosting intra-African trade in order to ensure that the AfCFTA succeeds and it does not seem feasible to readily ‘absorb’ the RECs into the AfCFTA. Using results from fieldwork, the paper makes a case that the future of RECs should be resolved so there is sufficient clarity regarding the implementation of the AfCFTA as far as the role of RECs is concerned.



中文翻译:

非洲大陆自由贸易协定和区域经济共同体的未来

摘要

鉴于非洲大陆自由贸易协定 (AfCFTA) 的重要性,审查其潜在的成功或失败至关重要,尤其是在区域经济共同体 (REC) 的背景下。另一个重要问题是 AfCFTA 将如何与非洲已有的其他自由贸易协定 (FTA)、关税同盟和货币共同体对接。非洲次区域和/或非洲国家签订的自由贸易协定对 AfCFTA 构成威胁,因为非洲国家的所有努力都应集中于促进非洲内部贸易,以确保 AfCFTA 取得成功,而且似乎不太可行。将 REC“吸收”到 AfCFTA 中。利用实地调查的结果,

更新日期:2021-01-27
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