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The Wto Compatibility Of The Economic Partnership Agreement Between The Eu And The Acp States
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Book Synopsis The WTO compatibility of the economic partnership agreement between the EU and the ACP states by : Axel Borrmann
Download or read book The WTO compatibility of the economic partnership agreement between the EU and the ACP states written by Axel Borrmann and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis EU-ACP Economic Agreements and WTO/GATT Compatibility by : Colbert Ojiambo
Download or read book EU-ACP Economic Agreements and WTO/GATT Compatibility written by Colbert Ojiambo and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Regionalism in the WTO and the Legal Status of a Development Agenda in the EU/ACP Economic Partnership Agreement by : Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu
Download or read book Regionalism in the WTO and the Legal Status of a Development Agenda in the EU/ACP Economic Partnership Agreement written by Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proliferation of regional trade agreements (RTAs) which share similar ideals with the World Trade Organization (WTO) has added to claims of disintegration within international trade law. Notwithstanding the ambiguity surrounding the reading of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Article XXIV on RTAs, WTO Members are continuously negotiating RTAs with objectives which have so far not received universal acceptance under the WTO treaty system. In the context of European Union (EU)-Africa trade relations, the December 2007 EU-Africa summit was expected to be an appropriate venue for leaders from both sides to resolve the controversy surrounding the idea of development-friendly free trade agreements between the contracting parties. But, the summit was wrapped up without achieving any clear answer to this issue. Similarly, at the multilateral level, i.e. the WTO Doha Development Round negotiations, which the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States have sponsored, numerous development-friendly proposals on RTAs stalled since July 2006. Consequently, in view of this controversy, if development concerns can be factored into economic partnership agreements (EPAs), what would be an acceptable threshold for such RTAs to conform to GATT Article XXIV requirements of “substantially all trade” and “reasonable period of time”? This paper discusses the idea of development and WTO compatibility in the context of the EU-Africa Economic Partnership negotiations. In view of the flawed dispute settlement provisions under the Cotonou Partnership Agreement (CPA), the paper further tries to answer the question of whether the CPA contains rights and obligations that need protection by individual EU member courts and may necessarily be enforced before the European Court of Justice. The paper ends with some thoughts on the post-EPAs adjustment programme.
Book Synopsis The Agricultural Dimension of the ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements by : Suffyan Koroma
Download or read book The Agricultural Dimension of the ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements written by Suffyan Koroma and published by Fao. This book was released on 2006 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are facing several major sets of closely interlinked forces that are likely to have significant impacts on the development of their agriculture (including fisheries) sectors and their food security situations. The possible conclusion and outcome of both the negotiations for Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) under the Cotonou Agreement (with the European Union [EU]) and the World Trade Organization negotiations pose serious concerns on the future of their agricultural trade and development. This study provides an introduction to some of the most critical aspects of the agriculture and fisheries negotiations including feasible approaches and options for the ACP to ensure that their agricultural and fisheries sectors reap maximum and sustained benefits with a view towards enhancing their food security situation.
Book Synopsis The Impact of ACP/EU Economic Partnership Agreements on ECOWAS Countries by : Matthias Busse
Download or read book The Impact of ACP/EU Economic Partnership Agreements on ECOWAS Countries written by Matthias Busse and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Beyond the Rhetoric of Economic Partnership Agreements by : Rob Davies
Download or read book Beyond the Rhetoric of Economic Partnership Agreements written by Rob Davies and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This paper seeks to highlight from an ACP perspective the major issues which will need to be addressed within the future process of ACP-EU trade, development and economic cooperation agreement negotiations, based on the experience of the authors in monitoring and assessing the conduct of the EU's trade negotiations with South Africa and in light of the actual reality facing ACP countries."--p. 3-4.
Author :Americo Beviglia Zampetti Publisher :Kluwer Law International B.V. ISBN 13 :9041132848 Total Pages :298 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (411 download)
Book Synopsis The CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement by : Americo Beviglia Zampetti
Download or read book The CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement written by Americo Beviglia Zampetti and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement is a sui generis North-South trade and development agreement. The C-EPA is a bi-regional agreement, signed in Bridgetown, Barbados in October 2008, with the specific aim of supporting the sustainable development of the Caribbean. As a paradigm changer in the ACP-EU trade relationship, the C-EPA has unsurprisingly attracted considerable attention. The long process of ratification by twenty-seven EU Member States and fifteen Caribbean countries has begun, and implementation is advancing after an initial delay. This book is the first detailed analysis of the Agreement's provisions, including its negotiating history and prognosis of its future potential. It is written by fifteen Caribbean and European practitioners, most of whom actively contributed to the crafting of the Agreement as CARIFORUM or EU negotiators. The contributions cover the following: ; charting a dual approach to CARIFORUM commitments at both regional and national levels; establishing an architecture of commitments that seeks to support CARIFORUM regional integration; safeguarding Caribbean preferential access to the EU market; broadening the ambit of the Caribbean-EU relationship, as reflected in the Cotonou Agreement, into new trade disciplines; highlighting key drivers in the negotiations; addressing the CARICOM-Dominican Republic economic relationship; examining the special treatment of Haiti; and reviewing the C-EPA's compatibility with WTO rules.
Book Synopsis Legal Issues in International Agricultural Trade by : Melaku Geboye Desta
Download or read book Legal Issues in International Agricultural Trade written by Melaku Geboye Desta and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Review of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement Between Ghana and the - European Union - 1.0 Introduction by :
Download or read book A Review of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement Between Ghana and the - European Union - 1.0 Introduction written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the factors constraining the expansion of the share of EU trade by the ACP countries is the need for the export portfolio of these countries to be diversified to include a wider range of products. [...] Section two through three provides a background to the ACP/EU relation, focusing on the non-compatibility of the Cotonou Agreement between the EU and the ACP with the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the heterogeneity of interests among African countries. [...] The origins of the relationship between the EU and the ACP States go back to post-World War II period, when the European countries saw integration as one of the measures to reduce the probability of another large-scale war in Europe. [...] The threat to the sector was in not signing a successor agreement to the EPA that guarantees the tariff-free access to the EU market under the Cotonou regime. [...] Revenue losses arising from the reduction and or elimination of tariffs on imports from the EU, and the consequent impairment of the capability of the country to provide essential services for the people.
Book Synopsis The EU Acp Economic Partnership Agreements and the Development Question by : Cosmas Ochieng Obote
Download or read book The EU Acp Economic Partnership Agreements and the Development Question written by Cosmas Ochieng Obote and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article argues that Article XXIV and special and differential treatment (SDT) provisions of the WTO present a number of constraints and opportunities to the design and scope of the proposed economic partnership agreements between the European Union (EU) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. It examines the negotiating positions of both sides to argue that were the EU's position to prevail, ACP and other developing countries would likely suffer an erosion of the development principles embedded within the WTO. It is shown that the differences between the two groups over the desirability and/or applicability of negotiating free trade agreements between developed and developing countries under the strict jurisdiction of Article XXIV, and of negotiating agreements on services and the Singapore Issues , amount to a contestation over the principles of reciprocity and SDT within the WTO, and of the scope of the WTO.
Book Synopsis WTO Compatibility and the Legal Form of EPAs by : Ruth Kelly
Download or read book WTO Compatibility and the Legal Form of EPAs written by Ruth Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper considers the compatibility of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Commission (EC) and African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries with the law of the World Trade Organisation. The Eastern and Southern African EPAs are used as a case study. Three possibilities for compatibility are examined. The waiver option is rejected as overly vulnerable to change. It is argued that it is probably possible to justify the agreements under the Enabling Clause, particularly for Eastern and Southern African EPAs. However, non-reciprocal arrangements were not politically acceptable to the EC or to the ACP countries. EPAs have been justified as Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs). As the services components of the Eastern and Southern African EPAs are not yet negotiated, the analysis focuses on the goods components. Although the data currently available is not extensive, preliminary problems for compatibility emerge, including the failure to notify the agreements, the length of the transition periods, compliance with the internal requirement and the safeguard provisions. The WTO compatibility of these EPAs will depend on the extent to which the development objective introduces flexibility into the interpretation of the GATT.
Book Synopsis The New EU-ACP Partnership by : Francis A. S. T. Matambalya
Download or read book The New EU-ACP Partnership written by Francis A. S. T. Matambalya and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The New ACP-EU (COTONOU) Agreement: The trade provisions of the new agreement by :
Download or read book The New ACP-EU (COTONOU) Agreement: The trade provisions of the new agreement written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Impact Study of the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in the Six ACP Regions by : Lionel Fontagne
Download or read book An Impact Study of the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in the Six ACP Regions written by Lionel Fontagne and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article provides a detailed analysis of the trade-related aspects of economic partnership agreement (EPA) negotiations for the six Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) negotiation groups including ECOWAS, CEMAC+, COMESA, SADC, CARIFORUM and Pacific. We use a partial equilibrium model--focusing on the demand side--at the HS6 level (covering 5,113 HS6 products). Two lists of sensitive products are constructed: focusing on the agricultural sectors and tariff revenue preservation. For the European Union (EU), EPAs must translate into 90% fully liberalised bilateral trade to be World Trade Organisation compatible. We use this criterion to simulate EPAs for each negotiating regional block. ACP exports to the EU are forecast to be 10% higher with EPAs, than under the generalised system of preference 'Everything But Arms' option. ACP countries, especially African ones, are forecast to lose an average of 71% of tariff revenues on EU imports in the long run. Imports from other regions of the world will continue to provide tariff revenues. Thus, if we compute tariff revenue losses on total ACP imports, losses are only 25% on average over the long run and as low as 19% if the product lists are optimised. The final impact depends on the importance of tariffs in government revenue and on potential compensatory effects. However, this long-term and less visible effect will depend mainly on the capacity of each ACP country to reorganise its fiscal base.
Book Synopsis EU Trade Negotiations with ACP by : Johanne Døhlie Saltnes
Download or read book EU Trade Negotiations with ACP written by Johanne Døhlie Saltnes and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Cotonou Treaty Establishing the EU-ACP Partnership by : Otieno-Odek
Download or read book The Cotonou Treaty Establishing the EU-ACP Partnership written by Otieno-Odek and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Competitive Liberalization and the 'Global Europe' Services and Investment Agenda by : Tony Heron
Download or read book Competitive Liberalization and the 'Global Europe' Services and Investment Agenda written by Tony Heron and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade the European Union (EU) has been negotiating with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries to establish Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). In this article, EPAs are located within the context of the wider shift in EU trade policy towards bilateralism. This is done with reference to recent work in International Political Economy (IPE) emphasizing the 'domestic-societal' and 'systemic' drivers of preferential liberalization. Although these pressures are not necessarily sufficient to explain the EPAs, they do account for why they have gone beyond the original remit of 'World Trade Organization (WTO) compatibility' and why aspects of the agreements bear close similarity to the EU's supposedly more commercially oriented bilateral agreements.
