External Players and Overlapping Memberships: Trade Negotiations with the EU

Amuhaya, Claire A.; Degterev, Denis A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-96705-5_4

Claire A. Amuhaya³ &
Denis A. Degterev⁴

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Abstract

The problem of overlapping memberships in regional economic communities (REC’S) by East African states concerns not only African countries that are members of adjoining integration groups (COMESA, SADC, etc.).

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