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Researcher in International Relations and Foreign Policy with a Focus on International Security alongside Military, Political and Economic Risks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade
PAFTA Pan-Arab Free Trade Area
PAFTA Pan-Arab Free Trade Area is a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) among 18 Arab members, which was signed in 1997. Note, in some informal sources, PAFTA also mentioned as ‘Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA)’.
PAFTA Agreement https://rtais.wto.org/rtadocs/16/TOA/English/Pan-Arab%20Free%20Trade%20Area%20Agreement%20(1997).pdf
Information about PAFTA https://www.investinegypt.gov.eg/English/pages/AgreementDetails.aspx?id=9
PAFTA, Membership Status, 2025 GSR
Please see Appendix I about Yemen: Appendix I: Yemen - North Yemen and South Yemen https://www.rozen-bakher.com/gsr/2025/h/yemen
For Full Details about the Membership Status and 2025 GSR:
Section E30. PAFTA - Multilateral Alliance: Pan-Arab Free Trade Area (PAFTA), 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR) by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher https://www.rozen-bakher.com/gsr/2025/e/pafta
Section E30 - List of Contents
Section E30. PAFTA - Multilateral Alliance: Pan-Arab Free Trade Area (PAFTA), 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR) by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher
Section E30.1 PAFTA - Membership Status: Geopolitical Position, sorted by 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR)
Section E30.2 PAFTA - Members: Global Survival Rank Indicators (R1-R7), sorted by 2025 Global Survival Rank (GSR)
From Newspapers
Jordan's national exports to the Greater Arab Free Trade Area rise 16.9% in H1 2025
Arab Economic integration takes center stage at extraordinary council meeting
Jordan's exports to GAFTA countries rise by 12.2% by end of February
Trade: Could the Arab League dream of a customs union become a reality?
Greater Arab free trade: Higher hydrocarbon prices boost surplus
The 13th AL meeting on upgrading mechanism of resolving disputes within GAFTA kicks off-SIS
From Scientific Literature - Research Papers and Research Books
Changes in Cross-Border Trade Costs in the Pan-Arab Free Trade Area, 2001-2008 Hoekman, B., & Zarrouk, J. (2009). Changes in Cross-Border Trade Costs in the Pan-Arab Free Trade Area, 2001-2008. World bank policy research working paper, (5031).
Arab trade dynamics after the implementation of the Pan Arab Free Trade Area (1998–2012) Harb, G., & Shady, N. A. (2016). Arab trade dynamics after the implementation of the Pan Arab Free Trade Area (1998–2012). Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 12(1), 1-29.
Toward a pan‐Arab free trade area: Assessing trade potential effects of the AGADIR agreement Péidy, N. (2005). Toward a pan‐Arab free trade area: Assessing trade potential effects of the AGADIR agreement. The Developing Economies, 43(3), 329-345.
Trade potential in Arab nations: the case of the GCC and PAFTA Dadakas, D. (2021). Trade potential in Arab nations: the case of the GCC and PAFTA. Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 17(3), 139-174.
The Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA): an estimation of its trade effects Abedini, J., & Péridy, N. (2008). The Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA): an estimation of its trade effects. Journal of Economic Integration, 848-872.
The Partial and General Equilibrium Effects of the Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement El-Sahli, Z. (2023). The Partial and General Equilibrium Effects of the Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement. The International Trade Journal, 37(2), 185-199.
