Cross-Border Interactions and Regionalism
Language
en
Chapitre d'ouvrage
This item was published in
Region-Building in Africa : Political and Economic Challenges. 2016p. 71-88
Palgrave Macmillan
English Abstract
“Africa is not a country,” warn the authors of a recent report meant to entice Polish companies to engage with the “rising” African continent.1 The reminder would seem totally unwarranted but for the enticing blueprints ...Read more >
“Africa is not a country,” warn the authors of a recent report meant to entice Polish companies to engage with the “rising” African continent.1 The reminder would seem totally unwarranted but for the enticing blueprints that presume that an integrated single African market is within reach. The establishment by 2017 of a Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), we are also told, will be followed by a Continental Customs Union (CCU) two years later.2 Meanwhile, Africa keeps being described as a continent deeply segmented, yet integrated through “a significant amount of cross-border trade [that] does take place … [through] informal channels and is [therefore] not measured in official statistics.”Read less <
English Keywords
European Union
World Trade Organization
Southern African
Development Community
African Union
Much Favoured Nation
Origin
Hal imported