The CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement

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A Practitioners' Analysis

Americo Beviglia Zampetti Junior Lodge(Herausgeber*in)

Kluwer Law International (Verlag)

Erschienen am 10. Mai 2011

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Cover
Half Title Page
Series Editor
Title Page
Copyright Page
List of Contributors
Summary of Contents
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 From Cotonou to Bridgetown: The Birth of the Caribbean EPA
1. INTRODUCTION
2. DRIVERS OF CHANGE
3. KEY EVENTS
4. CONCLUSION
Chapter 2 Realizing the Cotonou Blueprint through a Development-Enhancing Agreement
1. THE COTONOU BLUEPRINT
2. A DEVELOPMENT-ENHANCING EPA
2.1. COMMERCIALLY RELEVANT LIBERALIZATION
2.2. PRO-COMPETITIVE LIBERALIZATION
2.3. COHESIVE LIBERALIZATION
2.4. ACHIEVING COMPETITIVENESS
3. CONCLUSION
Chapter 3 A Trade Partnership for Sustainable Development
1. INTRODUCTION
2. TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT: THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK AND POLICY APPROACH
2.1. BRIEF SKETCH OF ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
2.2. TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT: POLICY APPROACH AMONG SMALL ECONOMIES
2.3. COTONOU AGREEMENT'S ORIENTATION ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
2.4. CARIFORUM PERSPECTIVE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
3. A REVIEW OF THE NEGOTIATIONS AND PROVISIONS OF PART I ON TRADE PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
3.1. OBJECTIVES
3.2. PRINCIPLES
3.3. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
3.4. REGIONAL INTEGRATION
3.5. MONITORING
3.6. COOPERATION IN INTERNATIONAL FORA
3.7. DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
3.8. COOPERATION PRIORITIES
4. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
Chapter 4 Trade in Goods: Full Liberalization in the EU
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE WAY TO FREE MARKET ACCESS TO THE EU
3. SPECIFIC PROVISIONS IN AGRICULTURE
3.1. RICE
3.2. SUGAR
3.3. PRODUCTS WITH HIGH SUGAR CONTENT
3.4. EU OUTERMOST REGIONS
4. MFN CLAUSE
5. CONCLUSION
Chapter 5 'Mix Up Matrimony': Crafting a Common Caribbean Market Access Offer
1. BUILDING A COMMON DATABASE (OR, NEGOTIATING BY NUMBERS)
1.1. RATIONALE AND CONSTRAINTS
1.2. SOLUTIONS
1.3. LESSONS LEARNED
2. COUNTRY CONSULTATIONS
2.1. RATIONALE AND CONSTRAINTS
2.2. SOLUTIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED
3. NEGOTIATING A COMMON OFFER
3.1. RATIONALE AND CONSTRAINTS
3.2. SOLUTIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED
4. THE FINAL LIBERALIZATION PACKAGE, IMPLEMENTATION AND ANALYSIS
5. CONCLUSION
Chapter 6 Safeguard and Other Trade Defence Measures
1. INTRODUCTION
2. MULTILATERAL SAFEGUARDS
3. ANTI-DUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES
4. BILATERAL SAFEGUARD MEASURES
5. CONCLUSION
Chapter 7 Rules of Origin, Customs, and Trade Facilitation Issues
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE RULES OF ORIGIN OF THE COTONOU AGREEMENT AND PREVIOUS LOMÉ CONVENTIONS
3. RULES OF ORIGIN UNDER THE C-EPA
4. CUSTOMS AND TRADE FACILITATION PROVISIONS
5. CONCLUSION
Chapter 8 Investment and Trade in Services
1. INTRODUCTION
2. INVESTMENT PROVISIONS IN THE EPA
3. SERVICES PROVISIONS
3.1. TEMPORARY ENTRY
3.2. DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
3.3. THE MARKET ACCESS SCHEDULES IN THE EPA
3.4. SERVICE SECTORS LIBERALIZED BY CARIFORUM STATES
4. THE PROTOCOL ON CULTURAL COOPERATION
Chapter 9 Competition Policy
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE COMPETITION POLICY PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
2.1. DEFINITION AND STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
2.2. IMPLEMENTATION
2.3. INFORMATION SHARING AND COOPERATION IN ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES
2.4. THE TREATMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES AND STATE MONOPOLIES
2.5. DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
Chapter 10 Innovation and Intellectual Property
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CARIFORUM POSITIONS
3. TRADE AND INNOVATION
4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE EPA
5. THE FINAL CHAPTER
6. CONCLUSION
Chapter 11 The Economic Partnership Agreement and the Creative Sector: Implications and Prospects for CARIFORUM
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE GLOBAL TRADE POLICY CONTEXT
2.1. THE COTONOU AGREEMENT
3. THE CREATIVE SECTOR AND THE EPA
3.1. THE EPA AND MARKET ACCESS
3.2. THE EPA PROTOCOL ON CULTURAL COOPERATION
4. CONCLUSION
4.1. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
4.2. ASSESSMENT OF THE EPA
Chapter 12 Public Procurement
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE SCOPE OF THE TRANSPARENCY MANDATE
3. COVERAGE OF THE CHAPTER
4. TRANSPARENCY COMMITMENTS
5. CONCLUSION
Chapter 13 Environment, Social Aspects and Institutional Provisions
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE C-EPA: AN INTER-REGIONAL AGREEMENT AIMED AT SUPPORTING CARIBBEAN INTEGRATION
3. THE C-EPA: AN AGREEMENT AIMED AT SUPPORTING CARIBBEAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
4. CONCLUSION
Chapter 14 Protection of Personal Data
1. INTRODUCTION
2. SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS
3. CONCLUSION
Chapter 15 Dispute Avoidance and Settlement
1. INTRODUCTION
2. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES
2.1. OVERVIEW
2.2. SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT CHAPTER
2.2.1. Scope
2.2.2. Procedure
2.2.3. Appointment of Arbitrators
2.2.4. Compliance
2.2.5. Review of Compliance Measures
2.2.6. Temporary Remedies in Case of Non-compliance
2.2.7. Review of Measures Taken to Comply after the Adoption of Appropriate Measures
2.2.8. Transparency
2.2.9. Choice of Forum
3. CONCLUSION
Chapter 16 EPA WTO Compatibility: A View from a WTO Perspective
1. INTRODUCTION
2. EXAMINATION OF THE RTA SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS
2.1. GOODS: GATT ARTICLE XXIV AND THE UNDERSTANDING ON ARTICLE XXIV
2.1.1. Legal Status
2.1.2. Internal Requirements of Article XXIV
2.1.2.1. The Reciprocity Requirement of Trade Liberalization under Article XXIV
2.1.2.2. Interpretation and Calculation of 'Substantially All the Trade'
2.1.2.3. Implementation Period: 'Reasonable Length of Time'
2.1.3. External Requirements for RTAs
2.1.3.1. The External Trade Consequences of RTAs
2.1.3.1.1. Concerns on the Impact on the Multilateral System
2.1.3.1.2. Consistency of the C-EPA MFN Clauses with WTO Law
2.2. SERVICES: ARTICLE V
3. EPA AND THE TRANSPARENCY MECHANISM
4. CONCLUSION
Chapter 17 The Challenge of Sustainable Implementation
1. ARGUMENTS FOR DELAYING IMPLEMENTATION
1.1. THE COMPLEXITY OF THE AGREEMENT
1.2. IMPACT ON THE CSME
1.3. COST
1.4. POSTPONEMENT PENDING REVISION OF THE C-EPA
1.5. GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
2. ARGUMENTS FOR IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION
2.1. COMPREHENSIVENESS OF THE C-EPA
2.2. STRENGTHENING THE CSME
2.3. COST
2.4. DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION
2.5. GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
2.6. DEPRECIATING MARKET ACCESS
2.7. CREDIBILITY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
2.8. C-EPA PROVIDES FOR MUTUALLY AGREED REVISIONS
2.9. VALUE ADDED OF WTO PLUS
2.10. DELAYS COMPLICATE IMPLEMENTATION
3. CONCLUSION
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