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Deepening Egypt-US Trade Integration: Economic Implications of Alternative Options

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Deepening Egypt Trade Integration Economic Implications Alternative Options Bernard Hoekman World Bank Groupe Economie Mondiale Instutut Etudes Politiques and CEPR Denise Eby Konan University Hawaii January JEL Classification Keywords Free trade agreements Egypt trade policy Arab League thank Hans Lofgren and Jeff Nugent for constructive comments earlier draft This paper was presented the Middle East Economic Association session the Allied Social Sciences Association Annual Meeting Philadelphia The views expressed are personal and should not attributed the World Bank Introduction The history trade performance countries the Middle East and North Africa MENA particular trade manufactures has not been bright relative that other regions the world The poor merchandise trade performance usually attributed the fact that many MENA countries are large oil producers and pursued import substitution policies including nationalization industry and high protection resulting large and inefficient public sector Intra regional integration was important part the trade policy many Arab countries reflecting desire exploit scale economies larger Arab market but was unsuccessful and often not implemented Starting the greater efforts were made open economies international trade the case Egypt unilateral reforms were pursued remove quantitative restrictions and lower tariffs Efforts were also made deepen regional integration agreements RIAs Largely limited bilateral agreements with Arab countries th

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