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| Titel |
Fighting FTAs. The growing resistance to bilateral free trade and investment agreements. |
| Corp. Auteur(s) |
bilaterals.org, Biothai, GRAIN |
| Uitgever(s) |
Barcelona, GRAIN, 2008, 103 p. |
| URL |
http://www.fightingftas.org/ . |
| Titel |
De politieke toekomst van EPA's na 31 december 2007. De tweede onafhankelijkheidstrijd van Afrika. |
| Auteur(s) |
De Belder, Etienne |
| In |
Vrede, nr. 390, pp. 17-19, maart 2008 |
| URL |
http://www.vrede.be/ . |
| Titel |
De EPA's zijn louter een ontwikkelingsinstrument. Europees commissaris Louis Michel. |
| Auteur(s) |
Vandaele, John |
| In |
MO*, nr. 48, pp. 16-17, november 2007 |
| Samenvatting |
Europees commissaris voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking Louis Michel reist de wereld rond om de ACS-landen van Afrika, de Caraïben en de Stille Oceaan te overreden voor het einde van dit jaar de gecontesteerde Economische Partnersschapsakkoorden met de EU te tekenen. Is dat wel zinvol? |
| URL |
http://www.mo.be/index.php?id=40 . |
| Titel |
Trade Union Guide to the Economic Partnership Agreements in ACP countries.. |
| Corp. Auteur(s) |
Confédération syndicale des travaileurs du Togo, European Trade Union Confederation, International Trade Union Confederation |
| Uitgever(s) |
Brussels, European Trade Union Confederation, 2007, 143 p. |
| Samenvatting |
Negotiations expected to lead to Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) entered their final phase in 2007. The Cotonou Agreement calls on the trade unions of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and European countries to take an active part in the conclusion of such agreements. Significant structural reforms on the working and living conditions of the people in ACP countries could ensue. The role of trade unions is consequently fundamental. These agreements must actually meet mandatory criteria for the promotion of decent employment, the strenghening of social and economic rights, and the respect of workers' rights. |
| URL |
http://www.etuc.org . |
| Titel |
EU Development Policy in a Changing World. Challenges for the 21st Century. |
| Auteur(s) |
Mold, Andrew, Editor |
| Uitgever(s) |
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Uniersity Press, 2007, 207 p., ISBN 978-90-5356-976-4 |
| Samenvatting |
On many fronts, EU development policy is at a critical juncture. How has the process of enlargement impacted on EU development policy? What would a 'development-friendly' trade look like? What kind of relations should the EU aspire to with North Africa and Middle East? Can the EU design a coherent approach towards developing countries or will its other interests, such as a protectionism in agriculture or its neighbourhood policy, constrain its development policy? This edited volume provides a critical overview of the EU development policy and the challenges that must confront in an increasingly volatile and changing world. |
| Titel |
The European Development Fund and Economic Partnership Agreements. |
| Auteur(s) |
Gynberg, Roman; Clarke, Alice |
| Uitgever(s) |
London, Commonwealth Secreatatiat, 2006, 161 p., ISBN 0-85092-835-4 |
| Samenvatting |
African, Caribbean and Pacific countries face a huge transformation as they adapt to a more liberalised global market. Especially now they are negociating Economic Partnershaip Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union. The European Development Fund (EDF) is the main instrument of the EU for helping these countries. Grynberg and Clarke argue that despite the commitments about aid made at the 2005 G-8 summit in Gleneagles by the EU the EDF is under-resourced. Moreover there are doubts as to the effectiveness of the fund in providing time-sensitive assistance to ACP states. The contributors propose a seperate adjustment facility. If EU countries meet their target aid figures, they could fund both the traditional EDF programmes and an EPA adjustment programme. |
| Titel |
Alternative 'to' EPAs. Possible scenarios for the future ACP trade relations with the EU. |
| Auteur(s) |
Bilal, Sanoussi; Rampa, Francesco |
| Uitgever(s) |
Maastricht, European Centre for Development Management, 2006, 130 p., ISBN 90-72908-29-5 |
| Samenvatting |
This study discusses and clarifies the options that are available to the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries involved in negociations on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union, thereby broading the potential scope of the EPA negotiations and putting developent at the very heart of the debate. |
| Titel |
The Trade Escape. WTO rules and alternatives to free trade Economic Partnership Agreements.
Les règles de l'OMC et des alternatives aux accords de partenariat économique. |
| Corp. Auteur(s) |
ActionAid International |
| Uitgever(s) |
Johannesburg, ActionaAid International, 32 p. |
| Samenvatting |
The free trade Economic Partnership Agreements -EPAs- proposed by the European Union would have devastating effect on African, Carribean and Pacific countries if they go ahead as planned. New and unfair rules would require developing countries to cut their tariffs on up to 90% of imports from the EU. Jobs would be lost and livelihoods would be wrecked. European corporations would be empowered and ACP governements impeded. The most unequal trade negociations in history could produce the most disastrous results for development. |
| URL |
http://www.actionaid.org/docs/trade_escape.pdf. |
| Titel |
Assessment of the impact of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the ECOWAS countries and the European Union. |
| Auteur(s) |
Karingi, Stephen; Oulmane, Nassim; Lang, Mustapha Sadni-Jallab Rémi; Perez, Romain |
| Uitgever(s) |
African Trade Policy Centre; Africa, 2005, |
| URL |
http://www.uneca.org/atpc/Work%20in%20progress/29.pdf . |
| Titel |
EPAs: Through the Lens of Kenya |
| Corp. Auteur(s) |
EcoNews Africa, Traidcraft |
| In |
2005 |
| Samenvatting |
The Economic Partnership Agreements, EPAs, bilateral trade deals between the EU and 77 former colonies in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP group) are seen by the EU as free trade agreements. Kenya, along with the other ACP countries, would have to grant European companies preferential access to its markets in return for the continuation of its preferential market access into the EU. EPAs will require ACP countries to liberalise most of their economy over a very short period. Kenya has undertaken liberalisation programmes in the past and this experience should be taken into account before committing to more of the same. |
| Titel |
Trading Down. Africa, Value Chains and the Global Economy . |
| Auteur(s) |
Gibbon, Peter; Ponte, Stefano |
| Uitgever(s) |
Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 2005, 251 p., ISBN 1-59213-368-1 |
| Samenvatting |
This book is simultaneously achieves a number of important objectives. The first is to situate Africa - typically seen in tems of marginalization- centrally on the landscape of specific post-adjustment forms of globalization and its impact. Second, it performs an empirical service by providing an account of the new high value sectors -which extends beyond Africa of course. Third, it links convention theory with global value chains (as part of a project that rethinks the political economy of contemporary forms of capitalism). And all of this through a careful analysis of forms of governance and regulation and the ways in which quality and value are now central to the 'new' economy. |
| Titel |
Gender, Development and Trade. |
| Auteur(s) |
Keating, Maree, Edited by |
| Uitgever(s) |
Oxford, Oxfam, 2004, 95 p., ISBN 0-85598-532-1 |
| Samenvatting |
Women all over the world are increasingly employed -and exploited- at the far end of the global supply chain. Wether by picking fruit in Chili, processing cashews in Mozambique,... women's labour and skill are crucial elements in the scaling up of globalised production processes. It might be argued that women benefit in terms of status and income from this trend, but what are the hidden costs of the new trade regimes, and do they outweigh the benefits? |
| Titel |
Awaiting the Grim Repa? A Review of the outcome of the first phase of ACP-EU trade negociations. |
| Corp. Auteur(s) |
11.11.11, koepel van de Vlaamse Noord-Zuidbeweging, European Research Office, België, EPAwatch |
| In |
december 2003 |
| Samenvatting |
In their approach to the EPA negotiations the ACP identified 6 areas within which the negotiations should we conducted: market issues, agriculture and fisheries issues, development issues, trade in services, trade related areas, legal issues. While the European Commission favoured a different approach this paper seeks a review the progress made in each of these 6 areas from the ACP perspective. |
| Titel |
The Cotonou Agreement New Perspective for European Trade Policy? Documentation |
| Corp. Auteur(s) |
Weed Foundation |
| Uitgever(s) |
Bonn, Berlin, Weed Foundation, 2002, 92 p., ISBN 3-9808227-0-2 |
| Samenvatting |
The countries of Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific, ACP, are to a large extend marginalised in world trade. 25 years of EU-ACP co-operation under the framework of successive Lomé conventions have not been able to significantlychange this. The New Cotonou Agreement, signed on 23 june 2000 in Benin, puts increasing emphasis on the liberalisation of trade relations between the EU and the group of ACPcountries. The new EU-ACP agreement foresees the beginning of negotiations for so called 'Economic Partnership Agreements', EPAs, between the EU and the ACP countries in September 2002, to be concluded by January 2008 at latest. Before the negotiations start, ACP countries are expected to finalise the regional configurations on new trade agreements with the EU. This publication reflects on the debate. |
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