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    Competitive regionalism in East Asia: legal context

    Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, 2008
    East Asian countries made a policy shift towards legalisation and regionalisation in international trade and investment relations in the early 2000s after lagging behind on these global trends for some time. This paper explores the factors behind this shift and its implications for regional integration.
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    Political-security competition and the FTA movement: motivations and consequences

    Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration, Waseda University, 2008
    This paper examines the political-security dimension of the proliferation of FTAs in the Asia-Pacific region. It reviews the Asia-Pacific security environment and its changing dynamics in order to identify the political-security calculations and responses of various key states in the context of this evolving regional security environment.
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    An economic analysis of competitive regionalism in East Asia

    Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration, Waseda University, 2008
    In the context of the rapid expansion of competitive Free Trade Agreements (FTA) in East Asia, this paper analyses how economic competition leads to FTA proliferation in the region. Specifically, it examines the factors that have led to the proliferation of FTAs in East Asia and their economic impacts.
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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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    Making waves: opportunities for reclaiming development in the Pacific. Informing civil society responses to the free trade agenda

    Pacific Network on Globalisation, 2008
    The Pacific Island Countries currently face pressure to ‘integrate into the global economy’ through implementing new free trade agreements. Free traders argue that the Pacific will benefit from cheaper imports, increased investment in the region and improvements in efficiency of Pacific business and service suppliers.
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    Making regional cooperation work for South Asia's poor

    World Bank, 2008
    This report shows that although South Asia has opened its door to the rest of the world it remains closed to its neighbours.
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    Dialogue of the deaf. An assessment of Europe’s developmental approach to trade negotiations

    Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation, 2008
    The European Union (EU) presents itself as an ally of developing countries in trade negotiations. It makes out to be sensitive to their concerns and looking out for shared interests as a partner. This has been the case particularly in the EPA negotiations. This research from ICCO aims to test how far European negotiators are living up to these supposed objectives.
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    Impact assessments of changing agricultural trade agreements and tariff barriers between South Africa and European Union

    AgEcon Search, 2008
    Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the European Union (EU) are important trading partners in agricultural supplies. The Trade Development and Co-operation Agreement (TDCA) signed in 1999 paved the way for closer cooperation in trade of especially agricultural produce.
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    Regional trade integration and conflict resolution

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    This report addresses the growth of regional trade agreements (RTAs) and considers their potential as a tool for reducing inter- and intra-state conflict. It analyses the factors that hinder or promote regional trade integration and considers their different impacts. It also presents a series of case studies in several regions.
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    The impact of CAFTA on employment, production and poverty in Honduras

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
    The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) is one of the key components of the trade reform agenda in Central America. However, some feel that under the CAFTA agreement the protections afforded to Central America's poor farmers will be significantly reduced.

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