Review of CARIFORUM-EU EPA in development cooperation and WTO compatibility

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cepal.callNumberLC/CAR/L.177
cepal.docTypeDocumentos de Organos Subsidiarios
cepal.docTypeDocumentos de proyectos e investigación
cepal.jobNumberLCCARL177_en
cepal.regionalOfficePuerto España
cepal.topicEngINTERNATIONAL TRADE
cepal.topicSpaCOMERCIO INTERNACIONAL
cepal.workareaEngINTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INTEGRATION
cepal.workareaSpaCOMERCIO INTERNACIONAL E INTEGRACIÓN
dc.contributor.entityNU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
dc.coverage.spatialEngCARIBBEAN REGION
dc.coverage.spatialSpaCARIBE
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-28T14:41:50Z
dc.date.available2015-07-28T14:41:50Z
dc.date.issued2008-10-10
dc.description.abstractThe Cotonou Agreement which succeeded the Lomé IV Agreement and was signed in Cotonou in June 2000 established a comprehensive framework to govern social, economic and political relations between the Africa, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) grouping and the European Union (EU). At the centre of the partnership are objectives relating to economic development, the reduction and eventual eradication of poverty, and the smooth and gradual integration of ACP States into the world economy. In order to accomplish these objectives, the Cotonou Agreement provides for the conclusion between the ACP and the EU of “new World Trade Organization (WTO) compatible trading arrangements, removing progressively barriers to trade between them and enhancing cooperation in all areas relevant to trade” (Article 36.1). The conclusion of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) represented one way to achieve a WTO compatible instrument and had to be negotiated during the period starting from September 2002 until 31 December 2007 to replace the trade provisions of the Cotonou Agreement. After three and half years of negotiations, CARIFORUM and the European Commission (EC) finally concluded a comprehensive EPA with the EC on 16 December 2007 when an Agreement was initialed. The EPA Parties agreed to sign it later after a review of the provisions at both the national and regional levels. In CARIFORUM, various comments have been made from governments, Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the private sector and the labour movement about the strengths and weaknesses of the EPA. This review comes in this context and is confined to the development cooperation provisions and the question of WTO compatibility and consistency with the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations and existing WTO provisions on special and differential treatment.
dc.description.tableOfContentsI: Part 1: Review of EPA –Development cooperation.--II: Part. 2: Review of EPA – WTO compatibility.--
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dc.format.extent67 páginas.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/CAR/L.177
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/38708
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescription67 p.
dc.publisherECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
dc.publisher.placePort-of-Spain
dc.rights.coarDisponible
dc.subject.unbisEngINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject.unbisEngREGIONAL COOPERATION
dc.subject.unbisEngREGIONAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject.unbisEngTRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject.unbisEngTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject.unbisSpaCOMERCIO INTERNACIONAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaCOOPERACION REGIONAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaECONOMIA REGIONAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaCONVENIOS COMERCIALES
dc.subject.unbisSpaLIBERALIZACION DEL INTERCAMBIO
dc.titleReview of CARIFORUM-EU EPA in development cooperation and WTO compatibility
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