Towards a Free Trade Area for the Global South

... China alone accounts for well over a third of the total economic mass of the Global South. Another factor is competitiveness: China exerts a competitive edge in a wide range of industries compared to its Global South peers, making the prospect of free ... ... experience rise in export to other South countries”. One of the possible guides in this respect may be the progression of the AfCFTA project – according to the estimates of the World Bank , “by 2035 the AfCFTA is set to lift 30 million Africans out ...