Arab Common Market

ACM is a common market among Arab countries. It was established by the Agreement Establishing the Arab Common Market, signed in Cairo, Egypt in 1964, and launched on January 1, 1965. The initial member countries were Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, and Kuwait, but Kuwait did not receive approval from its parliament, and Jordan withdrew in 1972. The aim was to achieve freedom of trade of products produced within and outside the region, freedom of residence, labor, employment, and economic activity, and freedom of use of ports and airports, and to establish a common external tariff and to reduce tariffs within the region by 10% and agricultural products by 20% annually, but it has essentially ceased operations. There have been several other attempts to create a common market in the Arab region, but differences in political and economic conditions among member countries have been obstacles, making it difficult to realize economic integration.

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略称ACM。アラブ諸国間の共同市場。1964年エジプトのカイロで署名されたアラブ共同市場設立協定によって設立、1965年1月1日発足した。当初の参加国はエジプト、ヨルダン、イラク、シリア、クウェートの5か国であったが、クウェートは議会で承認が得られず、ヨルダンは1972年に脱退。域内外産品の貿易の自由、居住・労働・雇用・経済活動の自由、港湾・空港の利用の自由の実現などを目的とし、対外共通関税を設けて、域内関税を毎年10％、農産物は毎年20％引き下げることを予定したものの、実質的には活動を停止している。アラブ地域ではいままでに、ほかにも共同市場構想がいくつか試みられてきているが、加盟諸国の政治的、経済的条件の相違などが障害となり、経済統合の実現には困難が多い。

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