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A free trade area is the region encompassing a trade bloc whose member countries have signed a free trade agreement (FTA). Such agreements involve cooperation between at least two countries to reduce trade barriers, import quotas and tariffs, and to increase trade of goods and services with each other.
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"The Agadir Agreement" for the establishment of a free trade zone between the Arab Mediterranean Nations was signed in Rabat, Morocco on 25 February 2004. [3] [4] The agreement aimed at establishing free trade between Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco which was seen as a first potential step in the formation of the Euro-Mediterranean free trade area as envisaged in the Barcelona Process.
ASEAN–Hong Kong, China Free Trade Area (AHKFTA) ASEAN–India Free Trade Area (AIFTA), in effect as of 1 January 2010 [9] ASEAN–Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP), in effect as of 1 December 2008 [10] ASEAN–Korea Free Trade Area (AKFTA), in effect as of 1 January 2010 [11] ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area , in ...
The Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area and its Impact on the Economies Involved, by Nicola Minasi, Rome, no date. Consulted 4 September 2010. THE EUROMEDITERRANEAN FREE TRADE AREA: FROM COMPETITION TO INTEGRATION Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, by Alejandro Lorca and Gonzalo Escribano, Madrid, no date. Consulted 4 September 2010.
The economy has traditionally been dependent on exports of oil and natural gas; however, the tourism sector has grown rapidly, becoming the fastest-growing sector in the region. The Greater Arab Free Trade Area, founded in 1997, is the league's free trade area which removed customs taxes on 65% of trade between counties in the Arab World.
The protocol signed between the two nations is a non-reciprocal arrangement and is expected to be a step towards the establishment of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries. [1] However negotiations toward a US–Egyptian free trade agreement have recently been suspended over human rights issues. [2] The results have been positive.
The U.S.–MEFTA initiative started in 2003 with the purpose of creating a U.S.–Middle East Free Trade Area by 2013.. The U.S. objective with this initiative has been to gradually increase trade and investment in the Middle East, and to assist the Middle East countries in implementing domestic reforms, instituting the rule of law, protecting private property rights (including intellectual ...