Economic Growth in the Euro-Med Area through Trade Integration: Focus on Agriculture and Food. Regional impact analysis

Aikaterini Kavallari (), Marie-Luise Rau and Martine Rutten ()
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Aikaterini Kavallari: LEI, part of Wageningen UR
Martine Rutten: LEI, part of Wageningen UR
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Pierre H. Boulanger

No JRC84800, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: This report presents the simulations of deeper economic integration in the Euro-Mediterranean area by applying the general equilibrium model MAGNET. The scenarios are conducted in order to provide insight about how growth in North Africa, specifically Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, could potentially be promoted. The focus is on the agri-food sectors, which are investigated in the context of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, framed within the negotiations of Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements (DCFTAs) between the European Union and respectively Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. The report also refers to Turkey, being a significant trading partner in the Mediterranean basin. Four scenarios are analysed in the horizon 2020, by paying special attention to key challenges such as non-tariff measure removal, world food price rising, productivity gains, and food waste mitigation.

Keywords: Economic integration; agricultural trade; modelling tools; food security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C68 D58 F15 Q17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50 pages
Date: 2013-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-ara, nep-cmp and nep-int
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