How Would Economic Integration Impact the Levant Region?
This Levant Economic Integration Calculator allows you to explore how a comprehensive free trade agreement among the countries of the Levant could create significant new economic opportunities, substantially reducing regional unemployment. Since the late 1990s, six countries in the Levant--Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey--have taken steps to deepen their bilateral economic ties. While attempts to establish broader regional economic partnerships have faltered, a comprehensive trade agreement among these six countries could create significant new economic opportunities for their citizens.