“The Trade Impact of the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Areas on North African Countries”

Tovias, Alfred. (1999) “The Trade Impact of the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Areas on North African Countries” . In European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 1999 (6th), June 2-5, 1999, pages 28, Pittsburgh, PA.

Abstract

The paper deals with the quantitative trade impact by sectors and at a very disaggregated level of the implementation of free trade area agreements between the EU and Mediterranean countries towards the years 2008-2010 according to the strategy adopted in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. The paper focuses on the Tunisia-EU FTA. For the investigation, a partial equilibrium model is adopted, allowing for the separate evaluation of different static effects of concluding Free Trade Area Agreements between Tunisia and other Mediterranean countries. Among the latter, Tunisia seems to be the country most affected by the Partnership. It appears that the Partnership will deepen the asymmetric trade interdependence between the EU and Mediterranean Countries. The static trade effects appear to be negative.