Go to AfricaBib home

Go to AfricaBib home AfricaBib Go to database home

bibliographic database
Line
Previous page New search

The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here

Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:EU (European Union) Trade Policy and the Future of Africa's Trade Relationship with the EU
Author:Goodison, PaulISNI
Year:2007
Periodical:Review of African Political Economy
Volume:34
Issue:112
Period:June
Pages:247-266
Language:English
Geographic terms:Africa
Europe
Subjects:trade negotiations
trade policy
European Union
Economics and Trade
international relations
External links:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056240701449646
http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4A2FBE8AEC631AAD2E2B
Abstract:With the Cotonou agreement coming to an end at the beginning of 2008, Africa is faced with the idea of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), whose core is regional free-trade agreements encompassing policy commitments in a range of trade-related areas and services liberalization, and these will tie Africa into a dependent relationship with Europe. This paper examines EU trade policy and the future of Africa's trade relationship with the EU. Following an outline of the broad approach of the EU trade strategy, the paper discusses the main issues in the negotiations, namely policies towards trade in goods, trade in services and other trade-related areas. It shows how a 'development dimension' adds an element of window-dressing. The paper considers the development programmes that the EU is promising in order to address infrastructural constraints in the partner countries, and the costs of adjustment to free trade, in particular the loss of State revenues generated from tariffs. The paper concludes with an attempt to foresee the likely implications of the negotiations. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [ASC Leiden abstract]
Views
Cover