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    Trade facilitation in developing countries

    Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2008
    This research paper identifies the types of trade facilitation (TF) reforms that could deliver a return in terms of:
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    SADC, COMESA and the EAC: conflicting regional and trade agendas

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2008
    Several African countries are involved in regional trade agreements as well as in economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with the European Union (EU). This paper deems that the regional and EPA trade formations are often not complementary in the case of eastern and southern Africa.
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    EPAs and development assistance: rebalancing rights and obligations

    South Centre, 2008
    The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and several regions of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) mark a fundamental change in the EU-ACP economic relations.
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    African countries and the EPAs: do agriculture safeguards afford adequate protection?

    South Centre, 2008
    The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and African countries are likely to exacerbate the food import surges from Europe. In the EPAs negotiations, tariffs for EU products entering Africa will mostly be brought down to zero.
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    The EU-India FTA: initial observations from a development perspective

    Traidcraft, 2008
    This report examines various central aspects of the proposed European Union (EU)-India free trade agreement (FTA). It focuses particularly on the implications for several sectors of special relevance for poor people and the achievement of development goals.
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    Undercutting Africa: Economic Partnership Agreements, forests and the European Union’s quest for Africa’s raw materials

    Friends of the Earth, 2008
    The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) being negotiated by the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are causing concern. EPAs threaten to undermine economic development in some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries. As a result, many ACP countries are refusing to sign up.
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    EU-China agricultural trade in relation to China's WTO membership

    International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, 2008
    China’s trade with the world doubled after joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO). On the other hand, the European Union (EU) and China are two of the biggest markets in the world, and both are actively trading with each other. China is increasingly becoming an important destination for EU agricultural exporters.
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    Poverty impacts of an economic partnership agreement between Uganda and the EU

    Institute for International Integration Studies, Ireland, 2008
    Ugandan exports to the European Union (EU) are eligible for duty-free access. Thus, the main impact of an economic partnership agreement (EPA) between Uganda and the EU will be to require liberalisation of EU exporters’ access to the Ugandan market.
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    Reforming the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy: health check, budget review, Doha Round

    European centre for international political economy, 2008
    While the European Commission has tabled a proposal for reforming the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) might necessitate further decisions on agricultural tariff cuts at any time. Related to that, this policy brief argues in favour of a fundamental reform of agricultural policy in the European Union (EU).
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    Sensitive agricultural products in the EU under the Doha Round

    AgEcon Search, 2008
    The European Union (EU) is unable to lower its tariffs drastically because further tariff reductions will erode border protection for some of its important agricultural products.

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