This paper analyses the impacts of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) countries and those of the EU (European Union) in the specific case of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In order to comply with WTO (World Trade Organisation) requirements, the...

Among its many firsts, the CARIFORUM-EC EPA is the first international investment agreement between all CARIFORUM and all European Union countries. It aims to create a more favourable, transparent and predictable framework for investment flows between the Parties. However, do the provisions of...

This report consists of two main parts. The first Part is the report entitled 'Assessing the Development Friendliness of Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in the Economic Partnership Agreements'. The second part is composed of four different Appendices. These Appendices together form the 'Analytical...

The objective of this paper is an ex-post evaluation of the European Union-Southern African Development Community Economic Partnership Agreement (EU-SADC EPA) stemming from changes in trade flows from the six members of the SADC (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and South...

This paper considers the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the United Kingdom and Kenya signed on 8th December 2020 and which was ratified by the Kenyan Parliament on 9th March 2021. The theory underlying the concept of the EPA is that they seek to create greater market access to both...