Customs Union as A Form Of Regional Economic Integration: Examining Its Implications on Revenues and Customs Laws from an Ethiopian Perspective
| datacite.subject.fos | Customs Union as a form of Regional Economic Integration: Examining its Implications on Revenues and Customs Laws from an Ethiopian Perspective | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Abeba, Abebe (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tekola, Mnyichil | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-12T12:56:56Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-08T11:42:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-06-12T12:56:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-08T11:42:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Globalization is the last jinest triumph of mankind. It is inevitable and irreversible. Free market is a major player in globalization. Regional economic integration is a segment of the move towards globally F ee market. It is well known economic point of view that trade is created when countries form integration among themselves. Simultaneously, the issues of international trade and economic growth have gained substantial importance with the introduction of trade liberalization policies on the globe Jollawing the formation of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the present World Trade Organization (WTO), in 1945. To virtually come across liberalized economic integration amongst them, countries are supposed to progressively go through uniquely known degrees of economic integration which are categorized into jive stages deriving towords political union. These include.' Preferentioltrade area (PTA), Free Trade area (FTA), Customs Union (C U). Common Market , and Economic Un ion. Distinct Fom other forms of economic integrarion CU requires member srales of any regional economic community to have a large degree of similarizing rheir national laws with rhe commonly agreed principles and laws of regional economic communiries. Wirhour such a serious commitment (0 implement regional economic integra/ion agreements in conformity with their respecrive national laws, there connor be a progress in the desired objecrive of inregrarion. DOing norhing or too lillie to implement agreed programmes at the national level can severely hamper the integration process. As long as regional economic integration initiatives do require such domes tication of legal and institutional strategic approaches, it will not be an exception to Ethiopia 's national revenues and CUSlOms laws 10 consider economic integration principles into account in the existing fasr tracking economic integration regime. Reasonably, signing and ratifYing of treaties and protocols alone cannol lead to effective regional economic integrations unless such agreements are reduced into appropriately enforceable local laws. It is only through implementation of the provisions of such trearies and protocols which are domesticated into national laws that an actual economic integration can be eventually realized. Having long lasting ambition of economic growth, Ethiopia has got membership in at least two regional economic communities: namely, COMESA and IGAD. Even if IGAD is at its infant stage in terms of economic illlegration, sOll1e COMESA members have joined. to CU level of economic integration. Even though Ethiopia is not a member to COMESA 's FTA and CU, theris an immediate need to pursue its economic development through the instrumentality of deeper economic integration. To have this integration process a reality, ensuring the legal basement of Ethiopian Revenues and Customs laws in line with regional economic integration principles is the primwy assignment that the government should comply. In the process of regional economic integration, the smooth relation of countries to conjirm and implement their commonly agreed laws is essential. In particular, when a regional economic integration is escalated into CU level, a special requisite of being subject to CET can be introduced into the ground. The introduction of CET in the CU level of economic integration requires the commitment of countries to disregard their national revenue Fom the customs tariff side and look for strong economic integration to collect the best advantage in the long run. Regional economic integration in terms of CU has a huge implication on Ethiopia's revenues and customs laws. In doing so, understanding the economic situation of the counliy to rapidly engage in the globally amplified regional economic integration having the existing revenues and customs laws in hand is important. To extroct the right approach of regional economic integration in the legal sense, extensive examination of Ethiopia's revenue sector laws and interviewing !he concerned person is taken as an important (DO/. Indeed, the study would have an insight that eD'ective regional economic integration demands the inclusion of its principles and goals into the respective national laws of member countries for the proper implementation where such an incidence could introduce an injiuence on the nature of the national laws in turn. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/18468 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Customs Union as A Form of Regional Economic | en_US |
| dc.title | Customs Union as A Form Of Regional Economic Integration: Examining Its Implications on Revenues and Customs Laws from an Ethiopian Perspective | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |