dc.description.abstract | In a departure from some previous studies on the EPAs negotiations that have focused on economic
analysis; this paper starts from the premise that for the EU, the EPAs are international trade policy tools
in the same line as its previous regional trade agreements (RTAs). In order to support the premise that the
EPAs are classical RTAs after all, the paper provides results of a legal audit of the interim EPA agreements
that were signed in the different African regions, despite there being in existence a common African
position on the minimum elements of the agreements. In particular, the paper zeroes in on the African
common position with respect to some of the issues such as the regional integration agenda, and argues
that in a globalizing world, EU national interests could have overridden the African Union integration
agenda leading to the fragmentation of the previously defined EPA groupings. | en |
dc.title | Interim economic partnership agreements point to the classic regional trade agreements after all : should African countries really be worried | en |
ags.descriptionNotes | "ATPC is a project of the Economic Commission for Africa with financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency--C. p | en |
ags.descriptionNotes | The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations. Stephen N. Karingi, Trade, Finance and Economic Development Division, UN Economic Commission f of Africa, Room # 6N29, P.O. BOX 3001, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. E-mail address: skaringi@uneca.org Laura Deotti, of the University of Pavia, Italy contributed to this work while on her internship at the Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | en |
ags.descriptionNotes | Includes bibliographical references and annexes. | en |
ags.publisherPlace | Addis Ababa : | en |
ags.publisherName | UN. ECA, | en |
ags.citationTitle | ATPC work in progress; | en |
ags.citationTitle | no. 75 | en |
dc.coverage.spatial | AFR | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Africa | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-12T13:46:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-12T13:46:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-04 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/15355 | |
dc.format.extent | v, 53 p. : | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.type | Working paper | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::INTERNATIONAL TRADE::TRADE IN COMMODITIES::COMMODITY AGREEMENTS | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::INTERNATIONAL TRADE::GENERAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND TRADE POLICY::TRADE NEGOTIATIONS | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::INTERNATIONAL TRADE::GENERAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND TRADE POLICY::BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE::DEVELOPMENT::ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::INTERNATIONAL TRADE::GENERAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND TRADE POLICY::TRADE AGREEMENTS | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL::COMMERCE DES PRODUITS DE BASE::ACCORDS SUR LES PRODUITS DE BASE | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL::COMERCIO DE PRODUCTOS BASICOS::CONVENIOS SOBRE PRODUCTOS BASICOS | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL::COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL ET POLITIQUE COMMERCIALE::NEGOCIATIONS COMMERCIALES | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL::COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL Y POLITICA COMERCIAL::NEGOCIACIONES COMERCIALES | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL::COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL ET POLITIQUE COMMERCIALE::ACCORDS COMMERCIAUX BILATERAUX | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL::COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL Y POLITICA COMERCIAL::CONVENIOS COMERCIALES BILATERALES | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE ET FINANCEMENT DU DEVELOPPEMENT::DEVELOPPEMENT::ACCORDS ECONOMIQUES | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::DESARROLLO ECONOMICO Y FINANCIACION DEL DESARROLLO::DESARROLLO::ACUERDOS ECONOMICOS | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL::COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL ET POLITIQUE COMMERCIALE::ACCORDS COMMERCIAUX | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL::COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL Y POLITICA COMERCIAL::CONVENIOS COMERCIALES | |
uneca.workflow.processed | true | |
ags.creatorPersonal | Karingi, Stephen N. | |
ags.creatorPersonal | Deotti, Laura. | |
ags.creatorCorporate | United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. African Trade Policy Centre | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | COMMODITY AGREEMENTS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | TRADE NEGOTIATIONS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | TRADE AGREEMENTS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ACCORDS SUR LES PRODUITS DE BASE | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | CONVENIOS SOBRE PRODUCTOS BASICOS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | NEGOCIATIONS COMMERCIALES | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | NEGOCIACIONES COMERCIALES | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ACCORDS COMMERCIAUX BILATERAUX | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | CONVENIOS COMERCIALES BILATERALES | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ACCORDS ECONOMIQUES | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ACUERDOS ECONOMICOS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ACCORDS COMMERCIAUX | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | CONVENIOS COMERCIALES | |
ags.subjectClassification | 07.01.04 Trade negotiations | |
ags.citationNumber | no. 75 | |
ags.availabilityNumber | 339.54 | |
ags.availabilityNumber | ATPC75 | |
ags.availabilityLocation | ECA-HQ | |
ags.rights.termsofuse | public | |
ags.JN | 61408 | |
uneca.language.supported | en | |