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
Summary
The European Union (EU) has provided trade preferences to the former colonies of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions since 1975 but these preferences have been of limited value and found to be incompatible with WTO rules. To continue preferences, economic partnership agreements (EPAs) were established, under which the EU and regional groupings of ACP countries offer reciprocal trade preferences to each other. This volume not only assesses EPAs and the impact on ACP countries, but also provides guidance for ACP negotiators in future negotiations and provides an evaluation of method