Foreign Trade and Economic Growth Relationship: Empirical Evidence from Libya

This study aims investigate the short- and long-run causal relationship between foreign trade economic growth in Libya over period of 1990 - 2017. employs Johansen co-integration test, error correction model (VECM), Wald test to meet objective study. The variables utilised this are gross domestic product (GDP) rate, exports imports; data is extracted from various sources such as Libyan Central Bank Ministry Planning. results indicate there a Libya. In vein, short-run causality running imports toward growth.