One of Africa’s flagship initiatives for integration, the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), recently signed faces challenges at the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) level, especially in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) writes *Sylvester Bagooro Hardly...
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: 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...
