The project objective is to assess CSO participation in the EU-SADC EPA signed in 2016 and offer recommendations to enhance CSO roles. The EPA focuses on trade and economic cooperation. Despite its potential, CSO involvement in the SADC region has been minimal. As a result of the inception...

The project objective is to assess CSO participation in the EU-SADC EPA signed in 2016 and offer recommendations to enhance CSO roles. The EPA focuses on trade and economic cooperation. Despite its potential, CSO involvement in the SADC region has been minimal. As a result of the inception...

The EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is a development-oriented free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and six Parties of the Southern African Development Community (SADC): Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and South Africa. It has been provisionally...

The EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is a development-oriented free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and six Parties of the Southern African Development Community (SADC): Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and South Africa. It has been provisionally...

The EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is a development-oriented free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and six Parties of the Southern African Development Community (SADC): Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and South Africa. It has been provisionally...

The EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is a development-oriented free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and six Parties of the Southern African Development Community (SADC): Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and South Africa. It has been provisionally...

The objective of this paper is an ex-post evaluation of the European Union-Southern African Development Community Economic Partnership Agreement (EU-SADC EPA) stemming from changes in trade flows from the six members of the SADC (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and South...

Chapter 1: Introduction: A Masterclass in Dealing with Passive Aggressive Behaviour -- Chapter 2: Empires of the Mind -- Chapter 3: The Disappointing Discussion about Aid Effectiveness -- Chapter 4: Comparative Advantage is an Old-Fashioned Trick -- Chapter 5: Lost Decades or Blessing? --...

The Indonesia – Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) is an important bilateral document designed to consolidate and advance the Australia-Indonesia relationship. It has been heralded as a major trade agreement that will deepen business relationships and increase the...

With an increasing share of global commerce taking place in digital form or facilitated by digital platforms, it is becoming increasingly important to update the rules-based framework to accommodate and enable the development of the intangibles-based data-driven economy while reconciling the...

The United Kingdom (UK) officially left the European Union (EU) in January 2020. While the nature of its future relations with the rest of the EU Members is couched in a Trade and Cooperation Agreement concluded in extremis in December 2020, it will cease to be part of several agreements...

This paper considers the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the United Kingdom and Kenya signed on 8th December 2020 and which was ratified by the Kenyan Parliament on 9th March 2021. The theory underlying the concept of the EPA is that they seek to create greater market access to both...

Leveraging trade and investment for sustainable development is the core objective of the EU's economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. Implementation of EPAs has now reached cruising speed: in 2019 we implemented seven agreements, with 31 partners...

Leveraging trade and investment for sustainable development is the core objective of the EU's economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. Implementation of EPAs has now reached cruising speed: in 2019 we implemented seven agreements, with 31 partners...

Leveraging trade and investment for sustainable development is the core objective of the EU's economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. Implementation of EPAs has now reached cruising speed: in 2019 we implemented seven agreements, with 31 partners...

Leveraging trade and investment for sustainable development is the core objective of the EU's economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. Implementation of EPAs has now reached cruising speed: in 2019 we implemented seven agreements, with 31 partners...

This study provides early ex-post empirical evidence on the effects of provisionally applied Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) on two-way trade flows between the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP). Employing the gravity model of trade, we do not...

Objective: The objective of the article is to identify patterns of intra-industry trade between the European Union (EU) and Japan in the automotive industry and to provide implications of key provisions of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) for this sector. Research Design &...

This paper applies a partial equilibrium model to analyze the fiscal revenue implications of the prospective economic partnership agreement between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the European Union. The authors find that, under standard import price and substitution...

The Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (JEPA) was signed on 1 July 2018 and entered into force on 1 February 2019, with Ch.14 focusing on intellectual property (IP) rights. JEPA should be hailed as a positive contribution to strengthening IP protection in the two blocs, and therefore...

The European Union's Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with countries in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group are touted as a new age of equitable partnership between European countries and former colonies. However, many critics argue that the EPAs simply substitute a different...

Trade is key to development. In order for any nation to develop, pathways to trade need to be favorable. The EEC’s and then the EU’s development cooperation policies have historically supported favorable trade agreements with Africa. From Yaoundé through Lomé 4 bis, elements such as the...

The EIB report on Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific explains how developing countries have different needs that require different solutions. But they all need to invest in roads, bridges, renewable energy, climate resilience, water, sanitation, telecommunications, as well as increasing and...

Handelsabkommen können langfristig zu Entwicklung und damit zur Bekämpfung von Fluchtursachen beitragen - wenn sie dezidiert auf nachhaltige Entwicklung und echte Marktöffnung hin gestaltet sind. Neuere Theorien und Empirie zeigen, dass der Zusammenhang zwischen Handel und Migration äußerst...

A few weeks before the Brexit date of 31 October 2019, the big questions remain unanswered: Will Britain withdraw from the European Union? And if so, with or without a deal? These decisions not only affect the European Union and the United Kingdom itself, they also have consequences for the 79...

In the renegotiations of the Lomé Convention (1998-2000) not only trade issues but also the aid relationship were under review. A major challenge is induced by the EU's proposal of shifting the aid allocation from needs to merit criteria. Our regression analysis shows, however, that EU aid was...

The study commissioned by UNESCO seeks to evaluate whether the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) ten years into its implementation, has made a substantial and measurable impact on cultural trade relations between the CARIFORUM States and the European Union (EU) and whether...

Across the African, Caribbean and Pacific regions, there is enormous potential, but each location faces its own challenges. By working together and ensuring that more investment is available, we build a better future for everyone.

This report independently assesses the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement. We find that the EPA establishes an ambitious framework to further liberalise and better organise trade, covering goods, services, intellectual property and investment, tariff- and non-tariff measures, and regulatory...