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Is the AfCFTA a path to industrialization or industrialization should come first?

Wednesday, 31 March 2021 17:01

A common topic among academics is that Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) spur industrialization because of the increasing trade flows that are generated in the preferential trade areas as a consequence of tariff liberalization. But if we look at what happened in other Regional contexts, this is not exactly the path that others followed. Read the post on our blog.

Is the AfCFTA a path to industrialization or industrialization should come first?

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