Report for the Commonwealth Secretariat by Robert Scollay and Roman Grynberg, 2005.
GATT Article XXIV sets out a notoriously imprecise set of conditions under which free trade areas and customs unions are to be accepted as consistent with members’ obligations under the WTO Agreements. One of the most disputed elements is the phrase “substantially all trade” (SAT) [...]
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Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA), Washington D.C.
Critics argue that for over a decade, the United States has been striving to create commercial inroads into Latin America by way of bilateral free trade agreements that benefit U.S. economic interests to the detriment of those of Latin America. A recent example of this trend was the passage [...]
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GRAIN 21/08/08
The European Union (EU) is negotiating a veritable epidemic of “Association Agreements” or “Cooperation Agreements” throughout the world. In addition to the almost 30 agreements already signed, the EU is currently negotiating, or about to begin negotiating, further agreements with more than 40 countries. [1] The agreements are notable for their broad scope and their [...]
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Highlights and Comment
Summary and Comment Nicolas Mombrial
Commentary and photograph (French)
Executive Summary (French)
Response from President Sarcozy (English)
Full report (French)
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Report prepared for the Commonwealth Secretariat by Dr. Chris Milner, School of Economics, University of Nottingham, October 2005
This study seeks to identify the type and scale of adjustment assistance measures that need to be implemented in the transition to an EPA in order to avoid or reduce the adjustment costs that would fall on ACP [...]
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Raw Deal: The EU’s unfair trade agreements with Mexico and South Africa - a new report by the World Development Movement This new report presents evidence from existing EU trade deals with South Africa and Mexico showing how they have hindered rather than helped development. Looking at examples in agriculture, industrial products and services, the [...]
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Text of the speech by Prime Minister David Thompson of Barbados to the Trinidad ana Tobago Manufacturer’s Association, April 16, 2008.
While both sides assess the results of three and a half years of earnest negotiations, opinions abound on the impact of the EPA on our economies, and the future of CSME in particular…
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Summary Outcomes of Meeting organised by the Commonwealth and the ACP Secretariat held in Cape Tow, South Africa, April 7-8, 2008
The meeting was advised that whether States had initialed a full or interim EPA there is still legal space to negotiate resolution of the contentious issues. The meeting was strongly of the view that such [...]
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ODI Working Paper 288, March 2008
This paper argues that the (interim) EPAs initialled between the EU and less than half of all ACP states at the end of last year do not represent a ‘historic step’ in EU-ACP relations. The majority of EPAs concluded to date are neither complete nor comprehensive trade agreements. Almost all [...]
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From the Trinidad Sunday Express, 24/02/08
A major ideological and propaganda battle is currently raging within and across the Caribbean concerning the merits and demerits of the recently negotiated Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between CARIFORUM and the European Union…
Read Selwyn’s column in the Sunday Express
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