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    Divide and rule: the EU and US response to developing country alliances at the WTO

    ActionAid International, 2004
    This report revisits the Cancún Ministerial Conference of the WTO, and explores the new balance of forces which presented itself at the conference, and exposes the threats and pressures which developing countries faced at the Ministerial, as well as the strategies which have been used against them since.The report points out that the Ministerial itself saw the emergence of several strong groupi
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    The wrong ointment: why the EU's proposals for free trade with Africa will not heal its scar of poverty

    Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 2004
    This paper argues that the UK Government's positive focus on poverty reduction in Africa is being seriously undermined by the inequitable bilateral free trade agreements currently being negotiated between the Europe Union and African countries.The paper highlights that the European Union is asking African countries to liberalise 90% of their markets over 10 years whilst at the same time refusin
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    The EU-ACP trade negotiations: why EPAs need a rethink

    Christian Aid, 2004
    This policy brief reviews the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), which were signed between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries as part of the Cotonou Agreement.The brief states that after failing to do so at the WTO talks, the EU now uses the EPAs to push free trade via the back door into the ACP countries.
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    EPAs: the hidden danger

    Traidcraft, 2004
    As part of a series of 10 briefing papers forming a "Fair Trade Tool Kit", this brief examines the hidden dangers of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), which are the trade pillars of the wider Cotonou Agreement signed between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.The brief states four reasons why why EPAs are a bad deal for poor countries:The EU is making gr
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    Comparing EU free trade agreements: services

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004
    The aim of this short paper is to provide a an overview of service sector provisions, as laid down in the various trade agreements (FTAs) recently concluded by the European Union with developing countries.A comparison of FTAs concluded by the EU with third countries suggests there is a general trend towards liberalising trade in services.
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    Comparing EU free trade agreements: competition policy and state aid

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004
    The aim of this short paper is to provide a an overview of competition policy and state aid provisions, of the various trade agreements (FTAs) recently concluded by the European Union with developing countries.All recent bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) concluded by the European Union (EU) have included provisions on competition issues, albeit to very different degrees of detail.
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    Comparing EU free trade agreements: trade facilitation

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004
    The aim of this short paper is to provide an overview of trade facilitation provisions, as laid down in the various trade agreements (FTAs) recently concluded by the European Union with developing countries.
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    Comparing EU free trade agreements: dispute settlement

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004
    The aim of this short paper is to provide a an overview of dispute settlement provisions laid out in the various trade agreements (FTAs) recently concluded by the European Union with developing countries.As the paper points out, the scope of these provisions would appear to be related to the degree to which the agreements cover other issues:the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements
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    Are Economic Partnership Agreements likely to promote or constrain regional integration in southern Africa?: options, limits and challenges Botswana, Mauritius and Mozambique are facing

    Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, 2004
    The vast majority of the South African Development Community (SADC) and Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) countries belong to the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. As such they are also members of the Cotonou Agreement which grants Europe’s former colonies preferential, non-reciprocal access to the EU market.
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    Mercosur’s experiences of preparing trade negotiations with the EU

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004
    This paper reviews MERCOSUR's experience in conducting trade negotiations with the European Union (EU). The problems which MERCOSUR was faced with throughout the negotiations are in many ways similar to those of other developing countries or regions in similar situations.

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