Navigating New Waters A Reader on ACP-EU Trade Relations

by Bilal, Sanoussi; Grynberg, Roman

• ISBN13: 9780850928419
• ISBN10: 0850928419
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-01
• Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat

Summary

This essential reader and reference tool for trade experts and interested parties brings together key analysis on all aspects of trade negotiations between the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states and the European Union. The editors, both highly experienced in trade negotiations, have selected the most useful articles on all the key aspects of trade negotiations, including market access, services, fisheries, regional integration, compatibility with the multilateral framework, the development dimension, and capacity building in trade negotiations. The introduction highlights the major concerns of the book, focusing on ensuring that the priorities of developing countries are addressed.

Table of Contents

Foreword--Lingston Cumberbatch, Chairman, European Centre for Development Policy Management

List of acronyms

About the contributors

Introduction:

EPAs Make Sense Only if they Foster Development: A Broad Overview

Background:

From LomT to Cotonou: Business as Usual?

Towards Greater Flexibility in Article XXIV of GATT

in the Context of Reciprocal Trade Agreements between ACP States and the EU

Preparing for EPAs: Creating ACP Offensive and Defensive Agendas

The Development Dimension and Preferences in ACP-EU Relations:

The EPAs and Sustainable Development: Benchmarks for Pro-Development Monitoring of the Negotiations--ICTSD and APRODEV

Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the EU and SSA: Risks, Rewards and Alternatives

For Richer or Poorer: Transforming Economic Partnership Agreements between Europe and Africa

Preference-dependent Economies in the Doha Round: Impacts and Options

GSP Reform: A Longer Term Strategy (with Special Reference to the ACP)

EU Assistance to ACP Countries Since 1975

An Analysis of EU-ACP Aid Flows Through the EDF from LomT I to the Cotonou Agreement and Proposals for the 10th and 11th EDFs

An Assessment of the Overall Implementation and Adjustment Costs for the ACP Countries of Economic Partnership Agreements with the EU

A Strong Cocktail or a Weak Punch? A Case Study of EDF Assistance to the ACP Private Sector

In Defence of the ACP Submission on Special and Differential Treatment in GATT Article XXIV

Market Access:

Rules of Origin under EPAs: Key Issues and New Directions

WTO / EPA Negotiations: for a better coordination of ACP positions on agriculture

ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

Overview of the EU Policies on Key ACP Commodities-CTA

Reform of EU Export Subsidies on Sugar: The Legal and Economic Implications for the ACP Countries

EBA-equivalence for non-LDC Sugar Exporters?

Financing Diversification in ACP Sugar-Exporting Countries

Small States in the Banana Dispute and the Lessons to be Learnt from their Experience

Fisheries Partnerships:

ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements: Fisheries

EU Rule of Origin for ACP Tuna Products (HS Chapter 16 04)

Services:

The Development Dimension of Services Negotiations in the Cotonou Partnership Agreement

Tourism Services Negotiations Issues: Implications for Cariforum Countries

Investment:

A Southern Agenda on Investment? Promoting Development with Balanced Rights and Obligations for Investors, Host States and Home States

The European Investment Bank and the ACP Countries: An Effective Partnership?

Regional Perspectives:

Negotiating an Economic Partnership Agreement for Eastern and Southern Africa

The Impact of Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations on Southern Africa

The Impact of ACP-EU EPAs on ECOWAS Countries: An Empirical Analysis of the Trade and Budget Effects

Negotiating an EU-Central Africa EPA: A Brief Overview

The Negotiations of an ECOWAS-EU EPA: Key Features

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