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The EU's legal ties with its former colonies : when old love never dies
Broberg, Morten P. - 2011
Most of the world's developing countries have been colonies under one of the EU Member States. Today the European Union pursues preferential policies (in the form of special legal relationships) towards most of these former colonies. These preferential policies however differ rather...
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Rules of origin and the European Union's preferential trade agreements, with special reference to the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements
Gibbon, Peter - 2008
Economic opinion is in the process of re-interpreting low levels of uptake of non-reciprocal pre-ferential trade agreements (PTAs) partly in terms of administrative barriers to preference utiliza-tion. Primary amongst these barriers are Rules of Origin. This paper reviews the literature on Rules...
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The Eastern neighbours of the European Union as an opportunity for Nordic actors
Moshes, Arkady (contributor) - 2006
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Belarus 2022 : the "bridge" or the "corpse on the road" between Russia and Europe?
Dubinka-Hushcha, Lizaveta - 2022
Domestic repression and external autonomy of Belarus have developed in cyclical patterns since its independence. The country's narrowed action space that followed its elections in August 2020 has affected, not least, the security situation in the Baltic Sea region. Relations between Minsk and...
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The sovereignty paradox : Brexit's territorial consequences for Gibraltar, Scotland and Nothern Ireland
Pinos, Jaume Castan; Sacramento, Jeremy - 2020
The United Kingdom formally left the European Union on 31 January 2020, following the Brexit referendum of June 2016. One of the central arguments used by "leave" supporters in the run up to the referendum concerned UK sovereignty in the sense of "taking back control" and restoring...
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The impact of global crises, trade finance and aid on export flows : a developing country perspective
Brambila Macias, José; Massa, Isabella; Salois, Matthew J. - 2011
-2007 to assess the impact of trade finance and foreign aid on bilateral export flows. In addition to traditional variables, we … bilateral export flows in all developing regions except Latin America; (ii) foreign aid matters in all regions; (iii) global … economic downturns exert a negative and significant impact on export flows in all developing countries, and especially in Latin …
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Ownership and the donor-recipient relationship
Whitfield, Lindsay - 2009
At the centre of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness is the idea of country ownership. It is meant to change the situation in many aid dependent African countries where donors dominate decision-making over which policies are adopted, how aid is spent, and what conditions are attached to...
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Caught in the middle : China and India in Sudan's transition
Large, Daniel; Patey, Luke - 2010
Sudan is at an important, historic moment. The upcoming referendum vote may very likely result in the South becoming an independent state. Since the landmark signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, China, and to a lesser extent India, have become even more important political and...
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" Bringing in the Americans? : Assessing EU and U.S. post-Kyoto policies & options
Hald-Mortensen, Christian - 2008
Bringing in the Americans is the first task for the UN-COP-15 for the Danish government along with its EU partners. The key contents of the EU's climate leadership towards the climate conference are assessed, such as the -20% by 2020 reduction target, the effort sharing agreement and reforms of...
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