{"id":1094,"date":"2023-04-24T10:32:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T08:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/the-st-il-legal-frontier-trade\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T10:47:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T08:47:02","slug":"the-st-il-legal-frontier-trade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/the-st-il-legal-frontier-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Station: DER ST \/ Il\/legal border trade"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1094\" class=\"elementor elementor-1094 elementor-91\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3cb4d0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-content-middle kenimage elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3cb4d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_mouse&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_mouseTrack_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_mouseTrack_direction&quot;:&quot;negative&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_mouseTrack_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;0.4&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e914c87\" data-id=\"e914c87\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b0da25 kenimage elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b0da25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n          <span class=\"red-background\">Station: DER ST \/ Il\/legal border trade<\/span>\n        <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ece0c1 e-con-full kenimage e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4ece0c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23aa272 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"23aa272\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c022f3e elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c022f3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Many border economies are illegalized worldwide as so-called \"smuggling\". The stories of the Porteadoras of Melilla and the Magendo trade of Uganda exemplify that economic activities need to be contextualized to be truly understood.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05d87f2 elementor-posts--thumbnail-none elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"05d87f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200,&quot;classic_columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.classic\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1114 page type-page status-publish hentry\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/the-st-il-legal-frontier-trade\/pigeonholing-the-criminalization-of-border-transactions\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tPigeonhole thinking: The criminalisation of border trade\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>As trading hubs for international flows of goods, border towns are places of opportunity. Due to different currencies and import regulations of neighbouring countries, there is scope for business.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/the-st-il-legal-frontier-trade\/pigeonholing-the-criminalization-of-border-transactions\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pigeonhole thinking: The criminalisation of border trade\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tLearn more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1107 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/the-st-il-legal-frontier-trade\/comercio-atipicod-he-history-of-the-porteadoras-of-melilla\/\" >\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Comercio At\u00edpico&#8221;: The History of the Porteadoras of Melilla\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Due to a regulation, it is in principle possible to carry goods as &#8220;hand luggage&#8221; across the European-African border between Melilla in Spain and Nador in Morocco.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/the-st-il-legal-frontier-trade\/comercio-atipicod-he-history-of-the-porteadoras-of-melilla\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about &#8220;Comercio At\u00edpico&#8221;: The History of the Porteadoras of Melilla\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tLearn more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1111 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/the-st-il-legal-frontier-trade\/magendo-the-emergence-of-informal-border-trade-with-uganda\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tMagendo: The emergence of informal border trade to Uganda\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>When the Ugandan ruler Idi Amin challenged the colonial borders of East Africa in the 1970s and threatened his neighbouring countries with military intervention, the Kenyan government reacted by closing the border. Without direct access to the sea, Uganda suffered an economic collapse. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/the-st-il-legal-frontier-trade\/magendo-the-emergence-of-informal-border-trade-with-uganda\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Magendo: The emergence of informal border trade to Uganda\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tLearn more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Station: DER ST \/ Il\/legal border trade Many border economies are illegalized worldwide as so-called &#8220;smuggling&#8221;. 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