Trade Policy, Factor Markets and Social Structures in Africa (original) (raw)
Different reciprocal and non-reciprocal trade arrangements are under evaluation for African countries, including regional trade arrangements (SADC) and EU's initiatives ("Everything but Arms", Cotonou agreement). In this paper we present simulations with GTAP5 database of these interacting trade policy shocks for SADC countries. A detailed regional disaggregation makes it possible to formulate case studies for a range of countries when adverse impacts are an outcome of symmetric shocks or asymmetric shocks produce different impacts for different countries. As an asymmetric shock we formulate the EBA initiative, which treats LDC countries more favorably compared to the GSP treatment.
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