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OverviewAn essential reader and reference tool for trade experts and interested parties, bringing 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 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. This publication is comprised of two volumes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sanoussi Bilal , Roman GrynbergPublisher: Commonwealth Secretariat Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat Dimensions: Width: 19.00cm , Height: 5.30cm , Length: 25.30cm Weight: 1.991kg ISBN: 9780850928419ISBN 10: 0850928419 Pages: 472 Publication Date: 01 March 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsForeword by Lingston Cumberbatch, Chairman, European Centre for Development Policy Management List of acronyms About the contributors I. Introduction 1. EPAs Make Sense Only if they Foster Development: A Broad Overview by Sanoussi Bilal and Roman Grynberg II. Background 2. From Lome to Cotonou: Business as Usual? by Olufemi Babarinde and Gerrit Faber 3. Towards Greater Flexibility in Article XXIV of GATT 1994 in the Context of Reciprocal Trade Agreements between ACP States and the EU by Bonpas Onguglo 4. Preparing for EPAs: Creating ACP Offensive and Defensive Agendas by Christopher Stevens and Jane Kennan III. The Development Dimension and Preferences in ACP-EU Relations 5. The EPAs and Sustainable Development: Benchmarks for Pro-Development Monitoring of the Negotiations by ICTSD and APRODEV 6. Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the EU and SSA: Risks, Rewards and Alternatives by Lawrence E Hinkle and Richard S Newfarmer 7. For Richer or Poorer: Transforming Economic Partnership Agreements between Europe and Africa by Christian Aid 8. Preference-dependent Economies in the Doha Round: Impacts and Options by Roman Grynberg and Sacha Silva 9. GSP Reform: A Longer Term Strategy (with Special Reference to the ACP) by Christopher Stevens and Jane Kennan 10. EU Assistance to ACP Countries Since 1975 by Paul Goodison 11. An Analysis of EU-ACP Aid Flows Through the EDF from Lome I to the Cotonou Agreement and Proposals for the 10th and 11th EDFs by Alice Clarke 12. An Assessment of the Overall Implementation and Adjustment Costs for the ACP Countries of Economic Partnership Agreements with the EU by Chris Milner 13. A Strong Cocktail or a Weak Punch? A Case Study of EDF Assistance to the ACP Private Sector by Adam Dunlop 14. In Defence of the ACP Submission on Special and Differential Treatment in GATT Article XXIV by Bonapas Onguglo and Taisuke Ito IV. Market Access 15. Rules of Origin under EPAs: Key Issues and New Directions by Eckart Naumann 16. WTO / EPA Negotiations: for a better coordination of ACP positions on agriculture by A Alpha, B Faucheux, B Hermelin and V Fautrel 17. ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures by Martin Doherty 18. Overview of the EU Policies on Key ACP Commodities by CTA 19. Reform of EU Export Subsidies on Sugar: The Legal and Economic Implications for the ACP Countries by Roman Grynberg, Chris Milner, Wyn Morgan and Evious Zgovu 20. EBA-equivalence for non-LDC Sugar Exporters? by Chris Milner 21. Financing Diversification in ACP Sugar-Exporting Countries by Edwin Laurent 22. Small States in the Banana Dispute and the Lessons to be Learnt from their Experience by Edwin Laurent V. Fisheries Partnerships 23. ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements: Fisheries by Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements 24. EU Rule of Origin for ACP Tuna Products (HS Chapter 16.04) by Lindsey Block and Ronan Grynberg VI. Services 25. The Development Dimension of Services Negotiations in the Cotonou Partnership Agreement by Dirk Willem te Velde 26. Tourism Services Negotiations Issues: Implications for Cariforum Countries by Adam Dunlop VII. Investment 27. A Southern Agenda on Investment? Promoting Development with Balanced Rights and Obligations for Investors, Host States and Home States by Howard Mann and Konrad von Moltke 28. The European Investment Bank and the ACP Countries: An Effective Partnership? by Sacha Silva VIII. Regional Perspectives 29. Negotiating an Economic Partnership Agreement for Eastern and Southern Africa by Mark Pearson 30. The Impact of Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations on Southern Africa by Talitha Bertelsmann-Scott 31. The Impact of ACP-EU EPAs on ECOWAS Countries: An Empirical Analysis of the Trade and Budget Effects by Mathias Bussee, Axel Borrmann and Harald Grossman 32. Negotiating an EU-Central Africa EPA: A Brief Overview by Nicolas Gerard and Francesco Rampa 33. The Negotiations of an ECOWAS-EU EPA: Key Features by Nicolas Gerard and Sanoussi Bilal 34. A Caribbean-EU EPA: Towards an Enhanced Partnership? by Junior Lodge and Sanoussi Bilal 35. A Development Agenda for the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Pacific ACP (PACP): A Concept Paper by Roman Grynberg and Bonapas Onguglo IX. Building ACP Capacity in Trade 36. Coercion or Engagement? Economics and Institutions in ACP-EU Trade Negotiations by Stefan Szepesi X. The EPA Negotiations Process 37. The Private Sector's Perspective, Priorities and Role in Regional Integration and Implications for Regional Trade Arrangements by Nick Charalambides 38. Talking Trade: Practical Insights on the Capacity to Conduct Trade Negotiationsby Sanoussi Bilal, Geert Laporte and Stefan SzepesiReviews'Nobody who specializes in international trade negotiations can afford to disregard the 38 chapters assembled in these two volumes.' Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Vol. 16 No. 4, 559-561, December 2007 'Nobody who specializes in international trade negotiations can afford to disregard the 38 chapters assembled in these two volumes.' - The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Vol. 16, No. 4, 559 - 561, December 2007. Author InformationDr Sanoussi Bilal is the Programme Coordinator of the ACP-EU Economic and Trade Cooperation Programme at the European Centre for Development Policy Management, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Dr Roman Grynberg is the former deputy director of trade at the Commonwealth Secretariat and is currently manager for economic governance at the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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