Bulletin n. 3/2008
February 2009
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Lebullenger Joël, Perrin Stéphane
    Les accords de partenariat économique: un nouveau modèle pour les relations commerciales avec les ACP
    in Revue de l'Union européenne/Revue du Marché Commun et de l'Union européenne , n. 522, octobre-novembre ,  2008 ,  605-617
    Whilst the conclusion of economic partnership agreements (EPA) between the European Union and the countries of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group (ACP) seemed to be in jeopardy, several agreements were signed at the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008. This revival of EPA negotiation means the end of a process started in 2002 is now in sight, process which shoul have ended, due to the pressure exerted by the WTO, on the 31st Ctober 2007. However, there are still a number of uncertainties. On one hand, the agreements signed are mostly "stepping stone" agreements: thus the partners still have to agree on full ones that go beyond the mere trading of goods and which involve regional ACP integration. On the other hand, the impact of EPAs on ACP regional economies and integration is still a matter of controversy
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