Intra-Trade and EconomicIntegration in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Abstract

Thisstudyaimed to analyze and evaluate intra-trade in the GCC countries in light of theireconomicintegration, during the period (2000-2018).

The results of the studyindicatelowlevels of intra-trade, This isbased on the factthatthere has been someimprovementsince the start of the establishment of the customs union in 2003, but yhe ration of its contribution, which are far apartfromeachmember, do not rise to whatrepresentstrade links to an economic bloc or supports the foudation of itseconomicintegration. After 2010, the fragiliy of integration and the beginning of disintegrationamong the members of the Council appeared, and the escalationcontinueduntilitlefta rift in the structure of the bloc, whichnegativelyaffected the inter-trade relation.