African Perspectives on Trade and the WTO
Domestic Reforms, Structural Transformation and Global Economic Integration

This book offers expert insights into how Africa can achieve deeper integration into the multilateral trading system and global economy.

Patrick Low (Edited by), Chiedu Osakwe (Edited by), Maika Oshikawa (Edited by)

9781316626528, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 September 2016

508 pages, 51 b/w illus.
22.8 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.82 kg

Twenty-first century Africa is in a process of economic transformation, but challenges remain in areas such as structural reform, governance, commodity pricing and geopolitics. This book looks into key questions facing the continent, such as how Africa can achieve deeper integration into the rules-based multilateral trading system and the global economy. It provides a range of perspectives on the future of the multilateral trading system and Africa's participation in global trade and underlines the supportive roles that can be played by multilateral and regional institutions during such a rapid and uncertain transition. This volume is based on contributions to the Fourth China Round Table on WTO Accessions and the Multilateral Trading System, which took place just before the World Trade Organization's Tenth Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in December 2015.

1. Introduction and overview Patrick Low, Chiedu Osakwe and Maika Oshikawa
Part I. The Future of the Multilateral Trading System: Perspectives from African Policy-Makers and Partners: 2. African Union priorities in the WTO Fatima Haram Acyl
3. Economic diversification in Africa's number one economy Okechukwu E. Enelamah
4. Trade, investment and development Rob Davies
5. Integration into regional and global value chains - how is it done? Joshua Setipa
6. From Marrakesh to Nairobi: a force for the world trading system: from the past twenty years to the next twenty years Moulay Hafid El Alamy
7. Building capacity in Africa to facilitate integration into global value chains: contributions from the ITC Arancha González
8. Investment and trade rules: increasing the stock of African foreign direct investment flows Joakim Reiter
9. Deepening African integration: intra-African trade for development and poverty reduction Anabel González
Part II. Africa's Participation in the Rules-Based Multilateral Trading System: 10. Rising Africa in world trade? A story of traditional commodities and new products Michael Finger
11. Trade policy trends in Africa: empirical evidence from twenty years of WTO trade policy reviews Maika Oshikawa, Ukamaka Anaedu and Vicky Chemutai
12. Preferential trade agreements in Africa: lessons from the tripartite free trade agreements and an African continent-wide FTA Stephen Karingi, Ottavia Pesce and Simon Mevel
13. African trade integration and international production networks Bernard Hoekman
14. Implementing trade facilitation reform in Africa Marcus Bartley Johns, Christina Busch and Gerard McLinden
Part III. Selected Development Experiences and Perspectives: 15. Trade rules, industrial policy and competitiveness: implications for Africa's development Chiedu Osakwe
16. WTO accessions, reforms and competitiveness: lessons for Africa Alexei P. Kireyev
17. Driving economic growth through trade policy reforms and investment attraction in the open world economy: the experience of China Yuan Yuan
18. Conclusions Patrick Low, Chiedu Osakwe and Maika Oshikawa.

Subject Areas: International economic & trade law [LBBM], International law [LB]