Article(electronic)#1March 12, 2021
O acordo continental africano de livre comércio: esperanças e desafios
In: Cadernos de campo: revista de ciências sociais, Issue 29, p. 137-159
ISSN: 2359-2419
The signing of the Continental African Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), in 2018, can be considered a historic feat both in terms of the number of participating countries
and the number of people and resources covered by it. However, historical problems regarding the African continent as a whole, added to the internal issues of member countries and the very magnitude of the agreement, pose considerable challenges to its effective compliance. Thus, the purpose of this article is to present the process of creating the AfCFTA, as well as to point out the various political and economic obstacles that can negatively affect its implementation.