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Book Synopsis Participation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States in International Trade by : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Secretariat
Download or read book Participation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States in International Trade written by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Secretariat and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis African, Caribbean and Pacific Trade by : Yvan Decreux
Download or read book African, Caribbean and Pacific Trade written by Yvan Decreux and published by UN. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paper analyzes the export structure of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries by region, covering both products and services trade, with a focus on the structure of the exporting sector by company sizes; assesses product and market diversification, and the development of transformation activities; discusses trade integration in regional vs. global markets; concludes that lower barriers to trade could facilitate trade by SMEs and the development of transformation activities. The discussion of trade performance is complemented by an analysis of trade policy frameworks within the ACP group to help identify areas where increased cooperation among ACP Member States has the potential to contribute to greater trade performance and stronger sustainable growth.
Book Synopsis Beyond Market Access for Economic Development by : Gerrit Faber
Download or read book Beyond Market Access for Economic Development written by Gerrit Faber and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-06-17 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries have drastically restructured Europe’s trade architecture towards the third world. This volume examines the consequences of EPAs for development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Starting from the observation that the establishment of free trade as such will substantially impact upon economic development, the different contributions focus on the potential contribution of non-traditional aspects of EPAs. More specifically, the authors analyze the role of Aid for Trade schemes, regulatory integration issues and broader foreign policy considerations. How can these non-market access aspects stimulate development in Africa, and how have they been addressed in the EPAs? In short, this brings us to the question whether the ‘light version EPAs’ as they currently stand are a missed chance or a blessing in disguise?
Book Synopsis The Role of Services in the Economy and External Trade of ACP Countries by : Horst Keppler
Download or read book The Role of Services in the Economy and External Trade of ACP Countries written by Horst Keppler and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Services are shown to be the most important sector in terms of GDP for two thirds of the ACP states for which data are available.
Book Synopsis The Political Economy of EEC Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States by : Frank Long
Download or read book The Political Economy of EEC Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States written by Frank Long and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Political Economy of EEC Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States is a collection of papers the covers various areas of concerns in the relationship between the European Economic Community (EEC) and African, Caribbean and Pacific States (AFP). The text first covers the political economy of the EEC-ACP relations, and the proceeds to discussing indexation and stabilization scheme. In the last part, the selection deals with concerns in technology transfer, trade, and market access between the EEC and ACP. The book will be of great use to economists, sociologists, and political scientists.
Book Synopsis From Particularity to Partnership? by : Dennis Fischer (M.A.)
Download or read book From Particularity to Partnership? written by Dennis Fischer (M.A.) and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States represents an important yet very distinct case in international relations: its origins were colonial arrangements at the inception of the European Community which were subsequently transformed into the largest framework of North-South development cooperation. External relations with ACP states were formalised in 1975 with the first of four successive Lomé conventions and the EU provided its developing partners with considerable amounts of financial assistance and non-reciprocal preferential market access. In 2000, this relationship experienced a significant readjustment with the Cotonou Partnership Agreement and the introduction of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).The European Commission heralded this agreement as a new era in development cooperation and EPAs as development instruments per se. Despite the rhetoric emphasis on the partnership principle in development cooperation, introduced reforms are primarily dictated by the EU while neglecting the impact on ACP states, for which the EPA negotiations represent a good example. As a result, this special relationship has considerably cooled down, the implementation of EPAs had largely failed and the EU became the target of public critique. This thesis demonstrates that the particularity of this relationship was enabled but subsequently rationalised in the course of institutional developments of the EU and its progressive involvement in a changing international political economy. European politics have dominated this relationship from the early beginning onwards and never simply focussed on the development of ACP countries but on a number of self-centred interests and objectives. The goals involved in this relationship subsequently changed and were increasingly aligned with those pursued in multilateral development and trade relations. The EU is not a unitary and coherent external actor and the European Commission has become a driving force behind the implementation of neo-liberal reforms towards ACP states. Special emphasis is placed on the role of the Commission in the processes which had led to the Cotonou Agreement, the implementation of EPAs and the erosion of this partnership.
Book Synopsis Towards a Fairer Multi-lateral Trade Relations Between the European Union and African Caribbean and Pacific Countries by : Clydenia Edwina Delport
Download or read book Towards a Fairer Multi-lateral Trade Relations Between the European Union and African Caribbean and Pacific Countries written by Clydenia Edwina Delport and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study examined how the four trade agreements have contributed to the existing uneven relations between the European Union (UE) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and what possible options the ACP countries have that could ensure faster economic development and the alleviation of poverty. Against the background of fair trade, the specific aims are to review the basis for the trade relations between EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and establish how the relationship developed before the establishment of the World Trade Organization. Furthermore, to ascertain how the multilateral trading system double standards affected the ability of ACP countries to address their socio-economic difficulties. Lastly, the aim was to investigate, the means whereby the Cotonou Agreement tends to address the unfair trade relations between EU and ACP countries to assist these countries to improve their situation.
Book Synopsis Regional Integration and Development in Small States by : Maurice Schiff
Download or read book Regional Integration and Development in Small States written by Maurice Schiff and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small states should pursue unilateral and multilateral trade liberalization, and members of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) group should expand reciprocal agreements with the European Union (Cotonou Agreement) to the entire OECD. They should also intensify South-South regional cooperation in the area of regional public goods.Schiff examines the impact of various trade policies for small developing states in the face of changing international trendsőincluding globalization, the proliferation of regional integration agreements, the changing relationship between African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries and the European Union, the erosion of ACP preferences in the EU market, the Everything-But-Arms Initiative (a 2001 EU initiative providing 49 developing countries free access to EU markets), and the negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas. The author concludes that:- The participants in South-South regional integration agreements should further reduce their external trade barriers.- The trade component of the Cotonou Agreement between the ACP countries and the European Union is likely to harm those countries. The ACP countries should liberalize their trade regimes to reduce the size of transfers to the European Union.- Small states should sign free trade agreements with the rest of the OECD and pursue multilateral liberalization.- Small states and other developing countries should intensify South-South regional cooperation in the area of regional public goods.- The EU and other OECD countries should provide country-specific technical assistance for behind the border reforms in small states - something specified in the Cotonou Agreement for ACP countries - as well as assistance in implementing their commitments under World Trade Organization agreements.This paper - a product of Trade, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to examine regional integration issues. The author may be contacted at [email protected].
Book Synopsis The Political Economy of Normative Trade Power Europe by : Arlo Poletti
Download or read book The Political Economy of Normative Trade Power Europe written by Arlo Poletti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-07 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically engages with a long tradition of scholarly work that conceives of the European Union as a peculiar international actor that pursues a value-based, normatively oriented and development-friendly agenda in its relations with international partners. The EU is a pivotal player in international trade relations, holding formidable power in trade but also exercising substantial power through trade. Trade policy therefore represents a strategic field for the EU to shape its image as a healthy economy and a global power. In this field, the EU has declared a twofold ambitious goal, namely that of fostering economic growth in Europe while, at the same time, promoting development and growth abroad, both in developed and developing countries. In other words, the EU aims to increase its competitiveness in world trade while acting as an ethical and normative power. Here, Poletti and Sicurelli explore the tension between these two roles.
Book Synopsis Trade and Investment Agreements: (African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States - ACP ) Trade and Investment Agreements Handbook - Strategic Information and Basic Agreements by : IBP, Inc.
Download or read book Trade and Investment Agreements: (African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States - ACP ) Trade and Investment Agreements Handbook - Strategic Information and Basic Agreements written by IBP, Inc. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade and Investment Agreements: (African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States - ACP ) Trade and Investment Agreements Handbook - Strategic Information and Basic Agreements
Book Synopsis The ACP Group and the EU Development Partnership by : Annita Montoute
Download or read book The ACP Group and the EU Development Partnership written by Annita Montoute and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes a systematic and critical assessment of the nature, evolution, and prospects of the development partnership between the 79-member African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) group of states and the 28-member European Union (EU). A core theme that runs through the work is that the ACP’s partnership with the EU remains an important framework for addressing development challenges in the African, Caribbean, and Pacific regions, but needs to adapt to changes in the global political economy, as well as internal developments in both the ACP and the EU, to sustain its relevance and effectiveness. This is crucial for the ACP group, in particular, given its origins in, and core focus on, development cooperation with Europe. The authors in this volume examine the history of the ACP-EU partnership since 1975; the EU’s relationship with the African, Caribbean, and Pacific regions individually; ACP experiences with economic partnership agreements with the EU; and new political issues, in particular, security, migration, and diasporas. Shedding light on the future prospects of this relationship, this book will be of interest to both scholars and policymakers working on the ACP-EU relationship and related development issues, including trade, aid, security, and migration.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Deep Trade Agreements by : Aaditya Mattoo
Download or read book Handbook of Deep Trade Agreements written by Aaditya Mattoo and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep trade agreements (DTAs) cover not just trade but additional policy areas, such as international flows of investment and labor and the protection of intellectual property rights and the environment. Their goal is integration beyond trade or deep integration. These agreements matter for economic development. Their rules influence how countries (and hence, the people and firms that live and operate within them) transact, invest, work, and ultimately, develop. Trade and investment regimes determine the extent of economic integration, competition rules affect economic efficiency, intellectual property rights matter for innovation, and environmental and labor rules contribute to environmental and social outcomes. This Handbook provides the tools and data needed to analyze these new dimensions of integration and to assess the content and consequences of DTAs. The Handbook and the accompanying database are the result of collaboration between experts in different policy areas from academia and other international organizations, including the International Trade Centre (ITC), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and World Trade Organization (WTO).
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of International Trade Organizations and Agreements by : Patrick Holden
Download or read book A Dictionary of International Trade Organizations and Agreements written by Patrick Holden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-05-28 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing globalization has meant the increased development and importance of regional and international trade organizations and trade agreements. This Dictionary provides a background to the historical development of such systems, as well as giving a global overview of the current situation. The introduction, as well as explaining the historical background, discusses the major political and economic ideas and controversies, and analyses the current dynamic between international and regional trade organizations. Impartial analysis and up-to-date information is given in a concise way, detailing: major international, regional and bilateral trade agreements and organizations other national and international organizations involved in trade core concepts/theories in relation to international economics/development and international co-operation major trade negotiations and disputes other topics of importance, such as globalization. Entries are listed alphabetically, and fully cross-referenced for ease of use. Entries include: Africa Trade Network, Bretton Woods, China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, Dumping, Globalization, Mercosur, Pan-Arab Free Trade Area, Treaty of Nice, World Bank, WTO Secretariat and WWF
Book Synopsis King Cotton in International Trade by : Meredith A. Taylor Black
Download or read book King Cotton in International Trade written by Meredith A. Taylor Black and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In King Cotton in International Trade Meredith A. Taylor Black provides a comprehensive analysis of the WTO Cotton dispute and its significant jurisprudential and negotiating effect on disciplining and containing the negative effects of highly trade-distorting agricultural subsidies of developed countries. To that end, this work details the historic, economic, and political background leading up to Brazil’s challenge of the US cotton subsidies and the main findings of the five WTO reports that largely upheld that challenge. It explores the impacts of the successful challenge in terms of political and negotiating dynamics involving agriculture subsidies and other trade-related issues in the WTO while examining the effects on domestic agriculture subsidy reforms in the United States and the European Union. Finally, this volume sets forth the possible impacts of the Cotton challenge on the negotiating end-game of the Doha Development Round.
Book Synopsis European Union Trade Politics and Development by : Gerrit Faber
Download or read book European Union Trade Politics and Development written by Gerrit Faber and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ‘Everything But Arms’ (EBA) regulation of the European Union (EU) has been hailed as a groundbreaking initiative for developing countries. Since 2001 EBA grants almost completely liberalized access to the European market for products from the least-developed countries (LDCs). It quickly became the most symbolic European trade initiative towards the Third World since the first Lomé Convention in the 1970s. Given its central position in EU discourse and its continuing relevance for the European and international trade agenda, this book attempts to present a thorough analysis of EBA. ‘European Union Trade Politics and Development’ contains contributions from a diverse range of scholars who collectively present a comprehensive picture of EBA. This volume also contains a broader analysis of EU trade politics towards the South, focusing on agricultural policy reform, Europe’s evolving relationship with ACP countries (ex-colonies from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific), it links EBA with Europe’s negotiating position within the World Trade Organization. Contributions to this volume also consider the continuing negotiation leverage of EBA within the Doha Development Agenda, make comparisons with United States trade policy vis-à-vis the LDCs, and focus on the economic effectiveness of EBA in terms of its stated objectives as well as on the institutional skirmishing within the EU.
Book Synopsis Popular Participation in the Integration of the East African Community by : Korwa Gombe Adar
Download or read book Popular Participation in the Integration of the East African Community written by Korwa Gombe Adar and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The post-independence integration endeavor of the East African Community has been punctuated with challenges, culminating into the collapse of the 1967-1977 regional organization. The renaissance of the integration agenda since the re-establishment of the regional organization in 1999 has rekindled epistemological debate among scholars and practitioners on the East African Community raison d'etre and integration process. This volume is the first of its kind in this ongoing debate that puts into proper context the nexus between the East African citizens and the integration agenda. Focusing on the Partner States case studies, the authors of the chapters operationalize the concepts of popular participation, eastafricanness, eastafricanization, democratization, and integration. Using political, national constitutions and EAC treaty, communication and awareness dimensions the authors of the chapters have analyzed the nexus between the EACcitizens and the integration process. The study generally proceeds from the premise that the exclusion of the EAC citizens from exercising their sovereign rights through popular participation undermines the prospects for the institutionalization and consolidation of the EAC identity, eastafricanness, eastafricanization, democratization and integration.
Book Synopsis Agricultural Trade Policy and Food Security in the Caribbean by : Deep Ford
Download or read book Agricultural Trade Policy and Food Security in the Caribbean written by Deep Ford and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural trade is a major factor determining food security in Caribbean countries. In these small open economies, exports are essential, whilst imports provide a large part of the food supply. This book examines various dimensions of trade policy and related issues and suggests policies to address trade and food security and rural development linkages. It is as a guide and reference documents for agricultural trade policy analysts, trade negotiators, policy-makers and planners in both the public and private sectors.
