The African continental free trade agreement

Hopes and challenges

Authors

  • Conrado Ottoboni Baggio Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Instituto de Relações Internacionais, São Paulo – SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47284/2359-2419.2020.29.137159

Keywords:

Africa, AfCFTA, Regionalism

Abstract

The signing of the Continental African Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), in 2018, can be considered a historic feat both in terms of the number of participating countries and the number of people and resources covered by it. However, historical problems regarding the African continent as a whole, added to the internal issues of member countries and the very magnitude of the agreement, pose considerable challenges to its effective compliance. Thus, the purpose of this article is to present the process of creating the AfCFTA, as well as to point out the various political and economic obstacles that can negatively affect its implementation.

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Author Biography

Conrado Ottoboni Baggio, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Instituto de Relações Internacionais, São Paulo – SP

Doutorando em Relações Internacionais.

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Published

12/03/2021

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No. 29 (2020): Continuidades e descontinuidades na integração regional e no regionalismo: atores domésticos, regionais e instituições

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