EU Integration with North Africa Trade Negotiations and Democracy Deficits in Morocco

by Dawson, Carl

• ISBN13: 9781845117849
• ISBN10: 1845117840
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-15
• Publisher: Tauris Academic Studies

Summary

Trade between the European Union and North Africa has been a contentious issue since the Treaty of Rome. Serious diplomatic attempts to broker a resolution resulted in the Association Agreement between Morocco and the EU in 1995, after protracted negotiations over three years. Here Dawson analyzes the process by which a sub-optimal agreement was ratified--unfavorable to Morocco, some member states of the EU and also wider EU economic objectives for North Africa. He draws on a rich vein of testimony from key players to show how democracy deficits in Morocco and excessive pressure group influence in the EU led to skewed negotiations. An insightful analysis of the trade negotiation process, EU Integration with North Africa elucidates the underpinnings of the global economic order; it will be valuable for those concerned with international relations, globalization and the EU, especially North Africa.

Author Biography

Carl Dawson holds a PhD in public and international affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and was appointed Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco in 2002. He has played a key role in the implementation of the free trade agreement between Morocco and the United States, and in the creation of the Council of American Chambers of Commerce of the Middle East and North Africa. He previously worked as an economic and political analyst for a Moroccan investment bank, and as special projects coordinator for the Fulbright Commission in Morocco, where he has been based for twelve years.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vi
Reflections on Trade Liberalization between Morocco and the European Union	p. 1
A Brief Analysis of Negotiation	p. 15
A Recent History of Relations between the Maghreb and the European Union	p. 23
A Recent History of Relations between Morocco and the European Union	p. 51
Identifying the Moroccan Elites	p. 65
Testimony from Key Stakeholders in Negotiations for the Morocco/European Union Association and Free Trade Agreement of 1995	p. 79
The Politics of the Lowest Common Denominator in Europe and Democracy Deficits in the Maghreb	p. 123
Participation: A Key to Successful Partnership	p. 139
The Questionnaires	p. 145
The Association Agreement [abridged]	p. 157
Bibliography	p. 201
Index	p. 211
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