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Assessing prospective trade...
The European Union (EU) has provided trade preferences to the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries since 1975. To maintain these preferences, a series of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the EU and regional groupings of ACP countries are being agreed, (negotiations started around 2003 and many framework agreements have been signed). As multilateral negotiations within the World Trade Organisation have stalled, EPAs are currently the single most important policy issue for ACP trade. This volume assesses EPAs and the potential impact on ACP countries, provides guidance
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monografia Rebiun28166679 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun28166679 m o d | cr -n--------- 180706s2011 enkad ob 001 0 eng d 1-136-90937-0 1-282-88596-0 9786612885969 0-203-84295-2 10.4324/9780203842959 doi FlBoTFG FlBoTFG rda eng e------ f------ cc----- p------ Assessing prospective trade policy methods applied to EU-ACP economic partnership agreements edited by Oliver Morrissey London Routledge 2011 London London Routledge 1 online resource (256 p.) 1 online resource (256 p.) Routledge studies in development economics 85 Description based upon print version of record Includes bibliographical references and index Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; 1 Introduction: EPAs and prospective trade policy analysis; 2 Overview and comparative analysis of EPAs; 3 The impact of EPAs on ACP imports and welfare; 4 Adjusting to an EPA: Evidence for Mauritius; 5 Trade and poverty impacts for Uganda; 6 Trade and growth impacts for Kenya; 7 Import response to tariff reductions in Africa; 8 Export performance of ACP countries in perspective; 9 Economic Partnership Agreements and food security; 10 Conclusions: EPAs to promote ACP development; Index The European Union (EU) has provided trade preferences to the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries since 1975. To maintain these preferences, a series of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the EU and regional groupings of ACP countries are being agreed, (negotiations started around 2003 and many framework agreements have been signed). As multilateral negotiations within the World Trade Organisation have stalled, EPAs are currently the single most important policy issue for ACP trade. This volume assesses EPAs and the potential impact on ACP countries, provides guidance English Morrissey, Oliver 1-138-01401-X 0-415-55403-9 Routledge studies in development economics 85