The Africa Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have benefited from unilateral preferential access to EU markets under …, one of the main concerns of ACP countries is their inability to benefit from their preferential status due to their lack …, instead reciprocal trade agreements, the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), should replace the former ones in 2008. ACP …

, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) preferences actually have negative effects toward the end of our time period, suggesting that ACP …

the conjecture of free trade area in good trade only. The study uses partial (SMART model) and general equilibrium (GTAP …

based on a static Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model, version 9 database. Unlike previous studies, the customs union … scenarios are designed at the detailed Harmonized System (HS) level. COMESA FTA (scenario 1) with standard GTAP model results in …

Southern African Development Community (SADC), was decided at the 2008 Tripartite Summit. The purpose of the TFTA will be to … harmonise trade arrangements among SADC, COMESA and EAC, improve the movement of persons within the region, facilitate the joint …, COMESA, EAC and SADC therefore need a strategy for harmonisation. This will have to address legal, policy, economic and …

2007. This paper uses a CGE model to evaluate the impact of the SADC FTA on Madagascar economy. The results suggest that … the SADC FTA would only have a limited impact on Madagascar's real GDP because the liberalization affects only a small …. Gains from the SADC FTA become substantial only when the regional liberalization is accompanied by a multilateral …