Beyond Market Access for Economic Development: Eu-Africa Relations in Transition

405 Pages·2008·2.673 MB·English

by  Gerrit Faber and Jan Orbie

Beyond Market Access for Economic
Development
The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union
and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have drastically restruc-
tured Europe’s trade architecture towards the third world. Why have Europe and
Africa pursued such a broad trade agenda? How can these ambitious negotia-
tions stimulate development in Africa, and how have they been addressed in the
EPAs? Are the ‘light version EPAs’ as they currently stand a missed chance, or
a blessing in disguise? This volume examines the consequences of EPAs for
development in sub- Saharan Africa (SSA).
Starting from the observation that free trade as such will not substantially
impact upon economic development in Africa, the different contributors focus
on the potential contribution of non- traditional aspects of EPAs. More specifi-
cally, the authors analyse the role ‘new’ trade issues in Europe’s relations with
the ACP, such as Aid for Trade schemes, competition and investment rules, pro-
visions on services, intellectual property rights and broader foreign policy con-
siderations such as human rights, labour standards, sustainable development and
security. The book also discusses the ongoing Doha Development Agenda of the
World Trade Organization, the current reform of Europe’s agricultural markets,
Europe’s evolving economy and the general question of Europe’s role as a
development-f riendly actor on the international scene.
This book will be of interest to postgraduate students and scholars interested
in EU trade and development policy, and in the EU as an institution. It will also
appeal to officials and policy-m akers in developing countries, in the EU institu-
tions, in its Member States and in international and civil society organizations.
Jan Orbie is a Professor at the Centre for EU Studies, Ghent University,
Belgium. Gerrit Faber is Associate Professor of International Economics at the
Utrecht University School of Economics, the Netherlands.
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Beyond Market Access for
Economic Development
EU–Africa relations in transition
Edited by Gerrit Faber and Jan Orbie
First published 2009
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p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Africa, Sub- Saharan–Foreign economic relations–European Union
countries. 2. European Union countries–Foreign economic relations–
Africa, Sub- Saharan. I. Faber, G. J. II. Orbie, Jan, 1978–
HF1613.4.Z4A43517 2009
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Contents
List of illustrations x
Notes on the contributors xii
Preface xiv
List of abbreviations xvi
PART I
New dynamics in EU–ACP relations: the genesis of EPAs 1
1 EPAs between the EU and Africa: beyond free trade? 3
GERRIT FABER AND JAN ORBIE
2 From Cotonou to EPA light: a troubled negotiating process 21
OLE ELGSTRÖM
3 The EU’s insistence on reciprocal trade with the ACP group:
economic interests in the driving seat? 38
GERRIT FABER AND JAN ORBIE
PART II
Spurring regional integration? 65
4 Export competitiveness and regional integration in Africa 67
PAUL BRENTON, MOMBERT HOPPE AND
RICHARD NEWFARMER
5 ACP development, integration and the capacities of transport
infrastructure: the missing link 93
OLUMUYIWA B. ALABA
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6 EPAs and integration in SSA 111
OLUFEMI BABARINDE AND GERRIT FABER
PART III
The new trade agenda and deep integration 135
7 Services and investment in the EU–CARIFORUM EPA:
innovation in rule-d esign and implications for Africa 137
PIERRE SAUVÉ AND NATASHA WARD
8 The integration of migration issues in EPAs 173
TINE VAN CRIEKINGE
9 To be or not to be: intellectual property provisions in the
EPA negotiations 196
PAUL KRUGER
PART IV
Aid and trade: squaring the circle 215
10 EPAs and the demise of the commodity protocols 217
ALAN MATTHEWS
11 Development aid for EPAs 242
SANOUSSI BILAL
12 . . . and never the twain shall meet? An institutionalist
perspective of EU trade and development policies in the
context of the EPA negotiations 263
JESS PILEGAARD
PART V
European foreign policy through EPAs 277
13 A human rights- based approach to the ACP–EU EPAs:
issues and implications 279
KARIN ARTS
Contents ix
14 Labour rights in EPAs: can the EU–CARIFORUM EPA be
a guide? 304
BART KERREMANS AND MYRIAM MARTINS GISTELINCK
15 Beyond purely commercial interests: the EU’s fisheries
policy and sustainable development in Africa 322
MAURIZIO CARBONE
16 The missing link: EPAs, security and development
interventions in Africa 342
GORM RYE OLSEN
PART VI
Taking stock 359
17 Of potholes and roadblocks: the difficult path to
development relevant EPAs 361
GERRIT FABER AND JAN ORBIE
Index 373