Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to assess the relevance and feasibility of the free trade alternative to trans-Mediterranean migration. Such a policy, widely promoted by the European Union, and especially by the Southern EU countries which feel themselves most affected by both the real and the perceived migrations from North Africa, is seen as a vehicle to increase economic integration between the EU and its southern partners, more specifically the Maghreb states. The chapter is part of an ongoing research project on migration, trade and development and expands on a series of recent contributions (see Tapinos, 1993; 1994; 1997; Tapinos et al., 1994; Cogneau and Tapinos, 1995).1 The present contribution poses, and attempts to answer with some appropriate empirical evidence, three key questions:
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What does economic theory predict with regard to international migration?
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What does the experience of European economic integration suggest?
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What can be expected from the recently signed trade agreements?
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Tapinos, G. (2000). Migration, Trade and Development: the European Union and the Maghreb Countries. In: King, R., Lazaridis, G., Tsardanidis, C. (eds) Eldorado or Fortress? Migration in Southern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333982525_13
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