Who are they:

Aims/ mission: (pick any they are worded similar) 

Background/ History:

Expansion:

Benefits: 

• create a single market, deepening the economic integration of the continent
• establish a liberalised market through multiple rounds of negotiations
• aid the movement of capital and people, facilitating investment
• move towards the establishment of a future continental customs union
• achieve sustainable and inclusive socioeconomic development, gender equality and structural transformations within member states
• enhance competitiveness of member states within Africa and in the global market
• encourage industrial development through diversification and regional value chain development, agricultural development and food security
• resolve challenges of multiple and overlapping memberships

• To promote the unity and solidarity of the African States;
• To coordinate and intensify their cooperation and efforts to achieve a better life for the peoples of Africa;
• To defend their sovereignty, their territorial integrity and independence;
• To eradicate all forms of colonialism from Africa; and
• To promote international cooperation, having due regard to the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

• Oil prices went down because the United States could now import much of its oil from Mexico and Canada
• NAFTA boosted U.S. economic growth by as much as 0.5% a year.17  The sectors that benefited the most were agriculture, automobiles, and services

• NAFTA is criticized for destroying half a million American jobs and lowering U.S. wages. In addition, NAFTA increased the U.S. trade deficit
• Some accuse NAFTA of exploiting Mexico's workers, destroying its farms, and polluting its environment

• Mutual respect for the independence, sovereignty, equality, territorial integrity, and national identity of all nations
• The right of every State to lead its national existence free from external interference, subversion, or coercion
• Non-interference in the internal affairs of one another
• Settlement of differences or disputes by peaceful manner
• Renunciation of the threat or use of force
• Effective cooperation among themselves