The current situation of the Arab countries acceding to the Great Arab Free Trade
Area after several years to complete liberalization of fees and customs restrictions between
them, requires paying great attention to measuring the effectiveness of c
ommercial
interfaces between these states and to know the real situation of the nature and
effectiveness of intra-trade among themselves, especially since the figures available about
this often lead to misleading results.
Based on the above-mentioned discussion comes the necessity this study of trade
exchange between Syria and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Arab, as these countries
are the most important in the context of the Great Arab Free Trade Area. This study also
focuses on measuring the effectiveness of commercial interfaces between them, reflecting
the extent of inclusiveness in trade relations and their spread between these countries,
exceeding the misleading figures about the nature of intra-trade among these countries.
