AMU

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economic union political organization regional intergovernmental organization

The AMU, or Arab Maghreb Union, is a regional organization that promotes economic and political cooperation among North African Maghreb countries.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	economic union → political organization → regional intergovernmental organization →
abbreviation	AMU →
alsoKnownAs	UMA → Union du Maghreb arabe →
continent	Africa →
cooperatesWith	Arab League →
cooperationArea	agriculture → customs coordination → industry → security cooperation → trade → transport →
currencyNotUnified	true →
foundedOn	1989-02-17 →
foundingCountry	Morocco →
foundingLocation	Marrakesh →
foundingTreaty	Treaty of Marrakech →
fullName	Arab Maghreb Union →
geographicalFocus	Western North Africa →
hasObserverStatusIn	African Union →
hasOrgan	Consultative Council → Council of Foreign Ministers → Council of Heads of State → General Secretariat → Judicial Authority →
headquartersCountry	Morocco →
headquartersLocation	Rabat →
memberState	Algeria → Libya → Mauritania → Morocco → Tunisia →
nativeName	اتحاد المغرب العربي →
nativeNameLanguage	Arabic →
officialLanguage	Arabic →
politicalTensionsAffecting	Western Sahara conflict →
primaryGoal	creation of a common market → economic integration of Maghreb countries → political cooperation among member states →
regionServed	Maghreb → North Africa →
status	largely inactive →
subregion	Maghreb →
supranationalType	subregional organization →
website	http://www.maghrebarabe.org →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arab Maghreb Union →	abbreviation
African Union →	hasRegionalEconomicCommunities
Arab Maghreb Union →	shortName