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RESEARCH PRODUCT

The Content of Economic Partnership Agreements

Helmut Asche

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ProcurementScrutinyRules of originbusiness.industryGeneral partnershipMarket accessSubsidyInfant industry argumentInternational tradebusinessEconomic Partnership Agreements

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This chapter contains the second part of exemplary EPA critique related to the content of the treaties. All relevant economic aspects and clauses of the trade-in-goods agreements are critically examined, including the market access offer, quantitative restrictions, trade remedies, export duties and subsidies, national treatment and procurement, and rules of origin. The agreed and proposed clauses are submitted to scrutiny of whether the remaining policy space still allows sensible infant industry protection in Africa. The analysis concludes that some policy space is left for targeted developmental efforts by African governments but is made very difficult in the practical management of the new trade rules. The chapter contains two case studies on global poultry and cashew trade. The overall result of the EPA examination with regard to partnership, development orientation and sustainability is a mixed picture at best.

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2021-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75366-5_12