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  Political conditions in the Cotonou Agreement: economic and legal implications

  Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, 2004

  The African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have been entering into trade agreements with the European Union (EU) since the first Lomé Convention of 1975. The first Lomé Convention was replaced by a series of subsequent Lomé Conventions and then by the Cotonou Agreement of 2000 (Cotonou).
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  Comparing EU free trade agreements: investment

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004

  This paper discusses and compares a number of free trade agreements the EU holds, namely, The Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements, EU-Mexico Global Agreement and the EU-Chile Association AgreementAmong the authors findings are:All EU Free Trade Agreements stop short of including protection provisions such as expropriation and compensation clausesdisagreement between EU Membe
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  Sugar polices: opportunities for change

  Adapting to Change [The World Bank Group], 2004

  Sugar is one of the most policy distorted of all commodities, and the European Union, Japan, and the United States are among the worst offenders.
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  Accomplishing a sustainable agricultural model for Europe through the reformed CAP: Sugar sector reform

  European Union, 2004

  This paper discusses the recent findings of the Common Agricultural Policy Commission set up to examine the current sugar trade regime.The Commission proposes the following measures:a significant reduction, in two steps, of the institutional support price for EUsugar with the abolition of intervention and the introduction of a reference pricethe introduction of partial compensation
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  Agricultural commodity trade, dependence and poverty: an analysis of challenges facing developing countries

  European Fair Trade Association, 2003

  Looks at the challenges facing commodity dependent developing countries (CDDCs), and puts forward a set of actions that could be taken by these countries at the national and international level, to address these issues in the longer term.The key challenges analysed include:long-term declining price trendsshort term price volatilityinternational market concentration and integrati
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  Dumping on the world: how EU sugar policies hurt poor countries

  Oxfam, 2004

  This paper details the issues surrounding the European Union’s policy with regards to the sugar market, discussing the implications for development countries.Highlights of the paper include:European Union sugar policies hamper global efforts to reduce povertyexport subsidies are used to dump five million tonnes of surplus sugar annually on world markets, destroying opportunities for
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  Key agricultural issues in the post-Cotonou negotiations

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2002

  This Paper discusses the well-established positions that have characterised the EU–African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) debate on trade for the past five years. Negotiations have begun for a successor to the trade regime in the current Cotonou Agreement, with the new trade regime scheduled to be in place by 2008.
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  The EC traceability and equivalence rules in light of the SPS Agreement: a review of the main legal issues

  Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, 2003

  This study sets forth the major legal issues in connection with the WTO legality of the European Union’s sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) legislation as well as the traceability rules to come into force on 1 January 2005.
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  Integrating the least developed countries into the world trading system: the current impact of EU preferences under 'Everything but Arms'

  Global Policy Forum, 2003

  This paper provides an initial evaluation of the impact of the EU’s recently introduced Everything but Arms (EBA) initiative on the products currently exported by the least developed countries (LDCs).
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  Policy (in) coherence in European Union support to developing countries: a three country case study

  ActionAid International, 2003

  What is the impact of a range of EU policies on poor people in Bangladesh, Brazil and Kenya? This paper examines key policy areas (including trade, aid, agricultural policies and support to Foreign Direct Investment) to assess the coherence of EU policy in supporting development.

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