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Title:EC-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and their economic impacts on developing countries
Authors:Haule, Romuald
Werema, FredrickISNI
Year:2008
Periodical:Journal of African and international law
Volume:1
Issue:1
Pages:25-50
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:ACP
European Union
trade agreements
Abstract:The development cooperation between the EC and the ACP countries started in 1963 and was followed by successive conventions, from the first Yaoundé Agreement (1963-1969) to the Cotonou Agreement signed in 2000. This article examines whether the EC-ACP relationship benefits the ACP countries economically. In particular, it analyses the possible impact of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the EC and ACP States. It discusses the principle of non-reciprocity, the compatibility of EPA with the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Generalized System of Preference concept and developing countries, EPAs and regional economic integration, EC-ACP trade and human rights conditionalities, the cost of EPAs to ACP countries, and alternatives to EPAs. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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