In the economic fieldEconomic Partnership Agreements • May 2nd, 2018
Main sectoral agreements were signed: fiscal (1953, currently being reviewed), aerial cooperation (15 December 1966, in effect in 1970, on over-flight, stopover and commercial exploitation rights), mining cooperation (1983).
Ghana national trade policy and Economic Partnership AgreementsEconomic Partnership Agreements • June 15th, 2005
Economic partnership agreements’ or free trade areas are currently being negotiated between the European Union and the different sub-regions of the ACP group, including ECOWAS. EPA/FTAs will have considerable consequences for domestic economies in the sub-region and therefore will be a critical element in defining the direction of the region’s economic development in the next decade or two. While the ECOWAS governments and the European Commission are still agreeing the road map for the negotiations, EPAs have not been discussed fully with local stakeholders. This first workshop, organised by TWN-Africa and GAWU was a first test to measure the concerns and reactions of stakeholders - particularly producers - to this latest addition to an ‘alphabet soup’ of initiatives ostensibly aimed at reversing Africa’s economic decline.
Luisa SantosEconomic Partnership Agreements • November 19th, 2019
Trade is undoubtedly playing a major role in shaping the world today from an economic and political point of view. Many countries, especially emerging markets in the developing world, are increasingly looking towards strengthening international trade to achieve their development objectives and promote regional integration. By doing so, these countries are paving the way to benefiting from an ever-changing global economy. The United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognises international trade as an engine for inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction. Particularly the 17th Sustainable Development Goal recognizes trade as a cross-cutting means of implementing the entirety of the 2030 agenda. For the European Union (EU) with its Single Market, intra-continental and overseas trade and investment have been instrumental to growth and prosperity over the last few decades. It has created jobs and generated income for people, giving businesses and consumers access to a
Economic Partnership AgreementsEconomic Partnership Agreements • October 12th, 2015
Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are trade agreements between the EU and 76 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, almost all of which are former European colonies. The main objectives of the EPAs are to stimulate social, economic and political development and sustainable growth through trade. They also aim to support regional integration of ACP countries and their integration into the global economy.
Case: Economic Partnership AgreementsEconomic Partnership Agreements • February 12th, 2021
The central objective of the Cotonou agreement, which was signed in 2000, and still is the legal basis for trade arrangements between the EU and its ACP partners, is poverty reduction. In the course to attaining this goal, emphasis was placed on three themes: gender equality, environmental sustainability and institutional development and capacity building [1][2]
In the economic fieldEconomic Partnership Agreements • June 13th, 2019
Many agreements were signed : fiscal (1953, currently being reviewed) ; air cooperation (15 December 1966, in effect in 1970, on over-flight, stopover and commercial exploitation rights), and mining cooperation (1983), not implemented anymore.
ContractEconomic Partnership Agreements • March 25th, 2013
Background Note for the 6th ACP Summit of Heads of State and Government 2-3 October, Accra, GhanaEconomic Partnership Agreements • October 16th, 2021
ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EU AND THE AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC GROUP OF COUNTRIES: NEW GOVERNANCE OR NEW DEPENDENCY?Economic Partnership Agreements • September 1st, 2014
For a long time, the cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (ACP) has been considered a “progressive” model of partnership. However, the Cotonou Agreement (2000) marked a deep change in the relationship between them, since it imposed the implementation of a free-trade-based commercial framework, requiring relationships to be based on a new form of governance. Many ACP countries dispute the use of the concept of governance by the EU, considering it an instrument of power aiming to establish a new center (EU) – periphery (ACP) dependence in the context of globalization. To analyze this process, this paper reviews the stakes involved in negotiations, the action of legitimizing the EU (the new governance), the building of critical discourse (the new dependence) and the effects of this confrontation on the implementation of agreements.
The EU's Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP)Economic Partnership Agreements • November 17th, 2016
Duty- and quota-free access for exports to the EU. Free access to the EU market of half a billion people for all ACP products, providing plenty of scope for economies of scale.
Economic Partnership Agreements in the EU’s post-Lomé Trade Regime: Negotiations with West AfricaEconomic Partnership Agreements • May 31st, 2022
Trade is a key element of the development policy of the European Union (EU). As the most important trading partner of developing countries, the EU attempts to facilitate the participation of developing countries in global trade and contribute to economic growth through providing market access and financial assistance. For twenty-five years, the commitment of the EU was largely focused on its former colonies, more specifically in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP). The developing world, in terms of the EU’s trade policy, was therefore divided between ACP states with special provisions under the Lomé Conventions and all other developing countries. With the new millennium, this special relationship came to an end. Pressure from several member states1 and the World Trade Organization (WTO) led to an overhaul of the EU’s trade regime vis-à-vis developing countries and to the loss of the privileged position of ACP countries.
