OVERVIEW Cultural Provisions in the EPA Significance of the Cultural Provisions What Happened since 2009 Some Concerns Where do we go from here Cultural/Creative Industries Cultural and creative industries are among the fastest growing sectors in the world and...
Brexit:The Main Dimensions the UK tariff dimension; the UK non-tariff dimension; the UK preference erosion dimension; the functioning of EU27 markets dimension; the trilateral trade dimension; the trade displacement dimension. The Brexit Process (1) LDCs UK will replicate bilaterally...
ATN Consultative Seminar on Post-Cotonou Accra, Ghana, 20-22 March 2018 Marc Maes, 11.11.11, Belgium THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ And so has the EU: 1- New member states: 2000: 15 member states; 2004: 25; 2007: 27; 2013: 28 Have...
AFRICA TRADE NETWORK ACP Civil Society Seminar on Post-Cotonou, Accra, 20-22 March, 2018 introductory: ACP’s “(non-) mandate” not a draft directive for negotiations (compared to EC) remains to be adopted, hopefully at Lome Council of Ministers in May 2018...
AFRICA TRADE NETWORK ACP Civil Society Seminar on Post-Cotonou, Accra, 20-22 March, 2018 introductory: critical features and lessons of EPA experience content liberalisation deregulation protectionism (re) weaponization of aid process inherent asymmetry of power; reinforced by united-integrated versus fragmentation...