Introduction -- Power, institutions and legitimacy in trade politics -- The evolving rules and practice of trade with developing countries : from Lomé to Cotonou -- North-South PTAS and the multilateral system : contesting the EPAs -- Regionalisms collide : the EPAs in Africa -- Institutions...

All the countries abutting on the Red Sea and on the Gulf of Aden as well as the East African coast will gain in economic, political, and strategic importance as soon as the Suez Canal is reopened to shipping. The present article discusses the situation in an important subregion of this area,...