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Reviewing Agricultural Trade Policies

To Promote Intra-OIC Agricultural Trade

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Turkey

Morocco

Gambia

Chad

Thailand

Brazil

Preferential

trade

agreements

Turkey has

FTAs

currently “in

force” with 8

OIC member

countries.

Morocco has

FTAs

currently “in

force” with

16 OIC

member

countries.

Gambia has

FTAs currently

“in force” with

11 OIC

member

countries.

Chad has

FTAs

currently “in

force” with 2

OIC member

countries.

Thailand has

FTAs currently

“in force” with

20 OIC

member

countries.

Brazil

has

FTAs

currently “in

force” with 19

OIC member

countries.

Stakeholder

perceptions

on intra OIC

trade

promotion

There is a

strong

expectation

that Turkey’s

trade

relationships

with fellow

OIC countries

are likely to

be stronger in

the near

future.

Establishing

close

agricultural

trade

relationships

is a clear win-

win situation

both for

Turkey and

for the

partner OIC

country.

Regional trade

agreements

within the OIC

are assets and

would serve

as

opportunities

to facilitate

higher

volumes of

intra-OIC

agricultural

trade.

Promoting

intra-OIC

agricultural

trade

emerges as

an important

agricultural

trade policy

objective to

overcome

with the

problems of

self

sufficiency

The OIC

member

countries

could

envision and

take action

for being

partners in

agricultural

trade, not

competitors.

The

stakeholders

express that

the goodwill of

the current

Government is

an opportunity

for enhanced

trade ties

between The

Gambia and

many other

OIC countries.

Also,

inauguration

of Turkish

Airlines direct

flights into

Banjul is

considered to

be a great

opportunity

for enhanced

trade ties with

the OIC

countries,

Istanbul as a

hub.

Source: Authors.