Deepening Regional Integration and Organizing World Trade: The Limits of ECOWAS

12 Pages Posted: 25 Sep 2012

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Oyeniyi Abe

University of Huddersfield - Business School; University of Huddersfield; Centre for Comparative Law in Africa; University of Huddersfield

Date Written: September 24, 2012

Abstract

This article explores the policy foundations behind regional trade in sub-Saharan Africa with particular focus on West Africa and its application in practice. It criticizes the relevance of the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) and questions its effect on the primacy of the multilateral trading established under the World Trade Organization (WTO). This work delves into an important analysis of the purport and essence of such agreements that tend to unite a particular region. The essence of any regional trade agreement is to ensure that such region develops and grows geometrically. To achieve this, the particular Member States of the region must align their domestic policies with the policies of the agreement. The thematic strand that runs through this work is the hypothetical question whether this Treaty is a building block or stumbling block for the WTO.

Keywords: West Africa, ECOWAS, WTO, regional economic integration, trade

Suggested Citation

Abe, Oyeniyi, Deepening Regional Integration and Organizing World Trade: The Limits of ECOWAS (September 24, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2151519 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2151519

Oyeniyi Abe (Contact Author)

University of Huddersfield - Business School ( email )

Queensgate
Huddersfield HD1 3DH
United Kingdom

University of Huddersfield

Queensgate
Huddersfield
Huddersfield, HD13DH
United Kingdom

Centre for Comparative Law in Africa ( email )

University of Cape Town
Faculty of Law
Rondebosch, Cape Town 7701
South Africa

University of Huddersfield ( email )

Queensgate
Huddersfield HD1 3DH
United Kingdom

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