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Politicized Trade : What Drives Withdrawal of Trade Preferences?

Gassebner, Martin - 2018

While it is well understood that industrialized countries use aid to grant political favors, little research covers alternative channels such as trade policy towards developing countries. We analyze eligibility investigations and revoking of U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) benefits...

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EU trade policy reform : towards reciprocal concessions with developing countries

Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan, Arevik; Volmer, Maximilian - 2022

The European Union (EU) supports developing countries with a unilateral trade preference scheme. The scheme underwent a major reform in 2014, in which many countries lost access to reduced tariff rates. We analyse how this radical step that removed preferences from 103 countries by 2018 fits...

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African agency and EU- African Economic Partnership Agreements

Kohnert, Dirk - 2014

This article provides a review of literature on African Agency and the drivers of change within EU–African trade politics in negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and African governments.

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Trade Agreements and Global Pacts, Trade Deals and China's Trade Incursions (Presentation Slides)

Wind, Serge L. - 2018

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Canary in a coal mine : how trade concerns at the Goods Council reflect the changing landscape of trade frictions at the WTO

Santana, Roy; Dobhal, Adeet - 2024 - Manuscript date: 08 May 2024

This paper studies the under-explored yet critical role of WTO's regular bodies, particularly focusing on the discussions of "trade concerns" within the Goods Council, its subsidiary bodies, as well as the General Council. These discussions are pivotal for the governance of international trade...

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Neocolonialism or balanced partnership? : reframing agricultural relations between the EU and Africa

Lungu, Ioana - 2017

often portrayed in an overly simplified manner as the main factor hindering agricultural development, African countries are … of state centralisation for agricultural development, so that African partners can fully take advantage of the …

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EU trade preferences and export diversification

Persson, Maria; Wilhelmsson, Fredrik - 2013

Since at least the 1960s, the European Union (EU) has offered various kinds of non-reciprocal trade preferences for developing countries. Originally, these trade preferences had at least two policy goals: (i) to increase export volumes for developing countries and thereby boost their export...

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The impact of G7 trade policies on economic development in Africa

Wolf, Moritz - 2024

Economic development in Africa is among the most important global challenges today. Meanwhile, the G7 is under pressure … improve economic development in Africa. But what about other tools, like trade? While the literature suggests positive effects … of trade on economic development, the trade efforts by the G7 have been underwhelming. Moreover, the trade share between …

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Preference utilisation and tariff reduction in EU imports from ACP countries

Manchin, Miriam - 2004

Despite the long relationship between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)countries aimed at encouraging their exports while stimulating growth and investment, the ACPstates still face difficulties in integrating into the world economy. This paper examines the non-leastdeveloped...

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China's Economic Diplomacy and the Politics-Trade Nexus

Fuchs, Andreas - 2016

This article reviews the literature on the linkages between political tensions, economic diplomacy and international trade in the light of China's rise in the global economy. The existing scholarly work suggests that economic diplomacy should be more pivotal in economic exchange with China than...

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