Trade Difficulties between Cameroon and Nigeria Since 1960

Abstract

Since 1960, trade between Cameroon and Nigeria has faced many difficulties that have seriously impacted its smooth development. And yet the latter, despite its imbalancein favour of Nigeria, constitutes a real social safety valve towards supply and employment issues, and as such has generated a real craze in local populations given significant benefits generated. Yet, these States do not sufficiently benefit from these transactions, which unfortunately are still below their strengths and potentials.

This article has as objective to analyse key factors of trade between both countries since independence in a bid to understand reasons for its weak development, the reign of informality and smuggling that characterises it.