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Title: The WTO, the EU and the Arab World: Trade Policy Priorities and Pitfalls

Author(s): Bernard Hoekman

Publication Date: August 1995

Keyword(s): Regional Integration, Trade Liberalization and Trade Policy

Programme Area(s): International Trade and Regional Economics

Abstract: A basic tenet of economic reform efforts in much of the Middle East and North Africa region has been gradualism. Partial and slow reform has led to a lack of credibility, limiting private sector supply response. The creation of the World Trade Organization, and the offer from the EU to establish a Euro-Meditteranean Economic Area provide possible institutional frameworks that can greatly enhance the credibility of a gradual reform strategy. Neither option is a panacea, however, and much depends on the willingness of governments to exploit opportunities that are embodied in these institutional options. Both avenues should be pursued simultaneously in order to limit the potential negative trade diversion effects of a preferential agreement with the EU.

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Hoekman, B. 1995. 'The WTO, the EU and the Arab World: Trade Policy Priorities and Pitfalls'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=1226