Download or read book The European Union Relationship to the Africa Caribbean and Pacific Countries in Terms of the Cotonou Agreements written by Jinxiang Li and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main purpose of this paper was to explore the role economic partnership agreements play in regional integration. The whole paper was premised on identifying the nature of economic partnership agreements that is conceived as a free trade arrangement. Therefore the paper discussed the feasibility of the reciprocal principle between the European Union and ACP countries, and further indicated that there is no need to implement the principle of reciprocity at present. The paper also discovered that, due to the fact that unequal trade relations between the EU and the ACP countries still exist, the implementation of the EPAs is most likely to generate the complementary but non-competitive trade relations between the EU and the ACP countries. Such a situation could result in the ACP countries over-independence on the EU's market. ACP countries are not expecting to such integration. In addition the paper ascertains that the EPAs themselves could contain the intrinsic negative impacts such as discrimination against the third countries on regional integration.
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.
Download or read book Trade Poverty and The Environment written by Adrian Flint and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2000 the European Union and its 78 African-Caribbean-Pacific partners signed the Cotonou Agreement, heralding a new era in developmental politics. This comprehensive book draws attention to the limitations in the EU's approach to implementing pro-poor, environmentally sustainable development amongst its African-Caribbean-Pacific partners.
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.
Download or read book The European Union and the Pacific written by European Commission and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The European Union and the Developing Countries written by Olufemi A. Babarinde and published by Brill Nijhoff. This book was released on 2005 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 12 papers provides descriptive analysis of relations between the European Union and the 77 African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries with which it negotiated the June 2000 Contonou Agreement, replacing the quarter-century old Lom Conventions. Presented by Babarinde (international studies, The Garvin School of International
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:
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.
Download or read book Europe and Africa written by Giovanni Carbone and published by Ledizioni. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A year and a half after the new Strategy with Africa proposed by the European Commission was made public, the new partnership between the two continents is still being defined. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic with Africa’s first economic recession in 25 years and a sharp rise in poverty and debt has created new challenges for the two continents’ agenda, highlighting new gaps to address on the way forward.With the European Union-African Union summit scheduled for February 2022, the definition of the new partnership is once again gathering momentum, while both sides are still trying to define common positions. Will these two “natural partners” be able to tackle the most urgent challenges and turn them into opportunities for collaboration and engagement? What are the priority issues, and which ones are potentially most divisive?
Download or read book Guidelines for the Negotiation of New Cooperation Agreements with the African Caribbean and Pacific ACP Countries written by Commission of the European Communities and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
Download or read book The African Caribbean and Pacific ACP Group and the European Union written by Mark Paterson and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 79-member African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Group was established in 1975 with the aim of partnering the European Economic Community, now the 28-member European Union (EU), to promote the sustainable development of countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, and to integrate them into the global economy on more equitable terms. The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa, convened about 30 leading policymakers, scholars, and civil society actors to assess the nature of the relationship between the ACP Group and the EU and the potential for their further strategic engagement, as the final five-year review of the Cotonou Agreement of 2000 between the two sides approaches in 2015. The seminar also sought to support the ACP Group's institutional reform efforts and the broadening of future relations with new non-European partners such as China, Brazil, India, and Russia. Discussions focused on seven key themes: the ACP/EU historical and trade relationship; the past, present, and future of this relationship; the impact of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs); South Africa's engagement with the ACP and the EU; the security dimension of the ACP/EU relationship; comparative regional integration in the Caribbean and the Pacific; and geo-politics and migration.
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.
Download or read book EU and Africa Investment Trade Development what a Post Cotonou Agreement with the ACP States Can Achieve written by Evita Schmieg and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The EU is currently negotiating a successor to its Cotonou Agreement of year 2000 with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. The political and economic context has changed enormously over the past two decades, with trade relations between the EU and the more developed ACP countries now largely regulated by bilateral and regional Economic Partnership Agreements. Since 2015, in line with international sustainability targets, social and environmental aspects must be taken into account in international treaties, while in 2018 the African Union (AU) agreed to establish an African Continental Free Trade Area. A successor to Cotonou offers an opportunity to modernise the rules on issues including investment, services and migration. This could also generate greater interest in the talks in Germany and the EU. But the cooperation need to be placed on a new foundation and the African states will have to decide whether they want to negotiate together, as a continent. (Autorenrefer
Download or read book The European Union and Africa written by William Brown and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2001-11-22 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an in depth study of one of the most important agreements in the recent history of EU-developing world relations: the Lome convention - the principles upon which all relations between the states of the European union and ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) countries are based. Over the course of its 25 year life, the Convention has been altered to suit the changing relationship of those states involved. This historical study not only charts the course of that vital relationship between haves and have-nots, but also, in its changing focus and shifting concerns, reflects recent broader changes at the global level in the international relations.
Download or read book Partnership Agreement ACP EC written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the relationship between the African, Caribbean and Pacific states and the European Union, the Cotonou Agreement was signed in 2000, and in 2005, the EU undertook commitments to increase its aid until 2010 and to improve the contribution of non-aid polices to the development agenda. The social, economic, political, cultural and environmental aspects of sustainable development are integrated throughout the agreement, and the 2005 revision places greater emphasis on a results-orientated dialogue on good governance, human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law. This booklet contains contributions by high-level stakeholders from both the ACP countries and the EU, as well as an overview of the Millennium development goals, targets and indicators, and the full text of the agreement, including all annexes and protocols.--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Broadening the Debate on EU Africa Relations written by Frank Mattheis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broadening the Debate on EU–Africa Relations is designed to expand the scope of our understanding of the multi-layered relationship between the European Union and African political actors in order to shape both the academic and policy level discourse. The focus on chapters highlighting an African perspective offers an opportunity to redress an imbalance in scholarship, and also represents an effort to reinvigorate the EU-Africa discourse. The contributors scrutinise hitherto underexplored areas, from agricultural cooperation to sanctions to scientific collaboration, as new insights linger in the less visible margins of the relationship. Jointly, they push in the same direction, to broaden the debate on how subjects are approached in a field of study that has one-sidedly focus on the intended actions of the EU. To that end, three dimensions represent the common thread of the book: how to recalibrate African and European perspectives, how to proceed on an assumption of mutual influence rather than unidirectionality, and how to highlight the intertwined nature of the different drivers of the relationship. Recalibrating African and European perspectives by focusing on elements of reciprocity within the broad array of interregional interactions, Broadening the Debate on EU–Africa Relations will be of great interest to scholars of African Studies, African IR, and the EU. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of the South African Journal of International Affairs.
