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| Author: | McQueen, M. |
| Title: | The EU's Free-trade Agreements with Developing Countries: A Case of Wishful Thinking? |
| Journal: | World Economy
2002 : SEP, VOL. 25:9, p. 1369-1385 |
| Index terms: | EUROPEAN UNION TRADE AGREEMENTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMICS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Once the mid-1990s the EU has vigorously pursued a policy of replacing non-reciprocal preferences with developing countries in the Mediterranean, Latin America and South Africa, with bilateral free-trade agreements (FTAs). The current situation is summarized showing nine agreements concluded under the EU's Euro- Mediterranean Partnership programme and two further agreements with South Africa and Mexico. These initiatives may be regarded as a third wave of regionalism by the EU. This article provides a synopsis of the agreements. It is important to appreciate that these are substantial agreements running sometimes to over 1,000 pages of text and so the table can only provide a brief statement of a more complex reality. |
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