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Looking east: the EU's new FTA negotiations in Asia
European centre for international political economy, 2007Due to the stalling of the WTO’s Doha round, the European Union pursues a new policy on free trade agreements (FTAs) centred on negotiations with three Asian partners. The author believes that this new policy is unlikely to deliver strong WTO-plus FTAs. He points out several flaws:OrganisationEuropean centre for international political economy (ECIPE)
The European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) is an independent and non-profit policy research think tank dedicated to trade policy and other international economic policy issuesDocumentAssessing the EC trade policy in goods
Groupe d'Economie Mondiale, 2007This paper argues that the recent shift in European trade policy to negotiate bilateral agreements with no less than 24 countries is taking Europe into dangerous waters. The bilaterals considered by the European Commission (EC) are characterized by high tariffs and non-tariff barriers in goods, and by restrictive regulations in services and investment.DocumentThe EU-Mexico free trade agreement seven years on. A warning to the global South
Transnational Institute, 2007The EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has served as a model for Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (IPPAs) between the EU and Latin American countries and regions since it came into force in 2000. This paper outlines the impact of the EU-Mexico FTA seven years on. It argues that instead of the promised economic and social benefits, the treaty has:DocumentRegional integration and the EPAs
South Centre, 2007The fact sheet asks the following questions and argues: Does Regional Integration provide African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries with benefits?DocumentFriend or foe of women? Economic Partnership Agreements unmasked
AfricaFiles, 2007The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) imply improved job security, livelihoods, well-being and human rights, but for whom? The author contends that gender impacts of liberalisation of EPAs are seldom considered. This review examines the cost of liberalisation on women in terms of physical resources, human resources, social capital and skills.DocumentUnequal partners : How EU–ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) could harm the development prospects of many of the world’s poorest countries
Oxfam, 2006This briefing paper focuses on the EU's efforts to forge Economic Trade Agreements with 75 of its former colonies in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific (ACP).DocumentGlobal and EU agricultural trade reform: what is in it for Tanzania, Uganda and Sub-Saharan Africa?
Trinity College, Dublin, 2005This discussion paper focuses on the effects of total agricultural trade liberalisation (TAL) in Uganda and Tanzania using the Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model (ATPSM) which estimates the effects of total agricultural liberalisation (TAL) on:prices and terms of trade on changes in supplydemand and trade flowson welfare effects for producers and consumers.EstimDocumentThe EU's responsiblity at the WTO: environment, gender and development
Women in Development Europe, 2006This publication aims to contribute to a constructive dialogue between civil society representatives from the North and the South and representatives from the EU that could feed into an EU trade policy consistent with social and gender justice and environmental sustainability.DocumentThe trade escape: WTO rules and alternatives to free trade Economic Partnership Agreements
ActionAid International, 2005Pointing to the likely devastating effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) proposed by the EU on African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, this report argues that if the EPAs go ahead as planned jobs would be lost and livelihoods would be wrecked. It also argues that European corporations would be empowered while ACP governments impeded.Pages