The Impact of FTAs on MENA Exports of Intermediate and Final Goods

This paper is the first to analyse impact of free trade agreements (FTAs) and harmonisation rules origin (RoO) on Middle East North African (MENA) countries’ exports differentiating between final intermediate goods for a global sample partners. Data from four MENA countries (Egypt, Jordan, Morocco Tunisia) 61 destinations over period 1995–2016 are used estimate structural gravity model applying Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood (PPML) estimator. Moreover, estimates effect progressive adoption Pan-European-Mediterranean RoO. Results show that FTAs have been overall successful in increasing exports. particularly true eliminate protection agricultural products. In contrast existing literature, we find concluded with European raise exports, whereas no significant found application Pan-European