This book is related to the development of intraregional commercial exchanges in the region of the Indian Ocean. This issue is addressed from an economic as well as from a legal point of view. The contributions, in English and French, aim to present an overview of the economic, customs-related, technical, legal and cultural restraints that hinder the creation of a free trading area.

Cet ouvrage est consacre au developpement des echanges commerciaux intraregionaux dans la region de l'Ocean Indien. Cette question est examinee sous un angle politique, economique et juridique. Les differentes contributions, en anglais et en francais, visent a etablir un etat des lieux des freins economiques, douaniers, techniques, juridiques et culturels a la creation d'un espace de libre echange.