The Africa Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have benefited from unilateral preferential access to EU markets under various trade agreements. However, since agricultural trade is increasingly determined by food safety and quality standards, one of the main concerns of ACP countries is their...

Introduction -- Part One: Theory & background -- Institutional systems -- Viewing governance from below -- Coalitions -- Part Two: Cases -- Global food safety governance and Africa -- Global IP governance and African coalitions -- Africa and the governance of agricultural trade -- Conclusion