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Shallow vs. Deep Integration in the Southern Mediterranean: Scenarios for the region up to 2030. MEDPRO Technical Report No. 13/March 2012
This research develops a quantitative analysis aimed at simulating the trade effects of various
integration scenarios between the EU and its Mediterranean Partners (MPs). Results for shallow
integration show that the completion of tariff removal is expected to produce limited gains, except in
Algeria. However, further steps toward deep integration would lead to much more significant gains. In
this regard, the elimination of non-tariff barriers is expected to increase EU exports to MPs up to 60%.
In addition, MPs’ imports and exports to the EU could also considerably increase due to an
improvement of logistics performance in these countries