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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: 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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    On the road to Cancún: a development perspective on EU trade policies

    Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003
    Part I: This section gives an outline of policy perspectives that inform EU trade policies as well as a development perspective in examining those policies. It discusses the issue of adjustment in the EU and evaluates the EU's track record in the liberalisation of key industries of interest to developing countries.
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    Duty and quota-free access for LDCs: further evidence from CGE modelling

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2002
    The aim of this paper is to assess the effects of trade policy initiatives aimed at improving market access for less developed countries (LDCs) in Quad countries (Canada, European Union, Japan and United States). The study simulates the effects of two policy scenarios:elimination of all tariff and non tariff barriers against LDCs in the European Union.
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    A development perspective on EU trade policies and their implications for Central and Eastern European countries

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2003
    This paper discusses the issue of adjustment in the EU and evaluates the EU track record in key industries of interest to developing countries. It also evaluates the EU commitment to environmentally sustainable policies and reviews the various EU technical regulations or social policies against the above two perspectives.
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    From Lome IV to Cotonou

    Institute of Economic Affairs, Kenya, 2000
    Looks at the options open to Kenya after the withdrawal of Lome privileges.

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