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Egypt-Mercosur FTA: A Complementarity Analysis

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  • Hebatallah Ghoneim

    (Faculty of Management Technology, German University in Cairo)

  • Rana Abdulmonem

    (Faculty of Management Technology, German University in Cairo)

  • Noha Ghazy

    (Faculty of Managemennt Technology, German University in Cairo)

Abstract

In 2010, Egypt signed a preferential Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Common Market of the South (Mercosur).Correspondingly, this paper evaluates the success of this FTA by measuring the degree of complementarity between the two economies

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  • Hebatallah Ghoneim & Rana Abdulmonem & Noha Ghazy, 2021. "Egypt-Mercosur FTA: A Complementarity Analysis," Working Papers 54, The German University in Cairo, Faculty of Management Technology.
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    Keywords

    Complementarity Index; Egypt; Mercosur; Preferential Free Trade Agree-ment; Tariffs; Trade;
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    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F53 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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