1st Edition

The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement Legal and Policy Frameworks

By Collins C. Ajibo Copyright 2024
316 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of African economic integration through the lens of International Economic Law. The analysis is contextualised within the prevailing regional economic integrations, the WTO and the peculiarity of the AfCFTA. Through legal analysis, bolstered by economic and political dimensions, the book illustrates the complex interplay of diverse factors that... Read more

Foreword

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Table of Cases

1 Regional Trade Agreement, the AfCFTA and Multilateralism

2 Low Development Dynamics

3 Non-Discrimination and Market Access

4 General Exceptions

5 Specific Exceptions

6 Tariffs and Quantitative Restrictions

7 Customs, Trade Facilitation and NTBs

8 TBT and SPS Regimes

9 Rules of Origin

10 Trade Remedies

11 Trade in Services

12 Dispute Settlement Frameworks

13 Investment

14 Intellectual Property

15 Competition Policy

16 Reflections

Index

Biography

Collins C. Ajibo (PhD and LLM Manchester) is Associate Professor at University of Nigeria and a visiting scholar to Institute of African Legal Studies, University of Bayreuth, Germany.