TY - BOOK ID - 84541681 TI - Impact of European Union Association Agreements on Mediterranean Countries PY - 1998 SN - 1462349927 1452715920 1283567598 1451899327 9786613880048 9781462349920 9781452715926 9781283567596 9781451899320 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Exports and Imports KW - Taxation KW - Trade Policy KW - International Trade Organizations KW - Economic Integration KW - Trade: General KW - International economics KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Trade liberalization KW - Exports KW - Tariffs KW - Imports KW - Trade agreements KW - International trade KW - Taxes KW - Commercial policy KW - Tariff KW - Commercial treaties KW - Tunisia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84541681 AB - By establishing free trade for industrial products in 12 years, the European Union’s Association Agreements with countries in the Mediterranean region seek to promote accelerated economic growth. This paper reviews the literature and evaluates the economic benefits and costs for Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan. It concludes that the benefits could be substantial, but only if accompanied by deep supplementary reforms, including extending trade liberalization to services and agriculture and on a multilateral basis, improving the environment for foreign direct investment, ensuring an adequate fiscal and exchange rate policy response, and strengthening European Union assistance. ER -