1st Edition

European Union Trade Politics and Development 'Everything but Arms' Unravelled

272 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

264 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

272 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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The ‘Everything But Arms’ (EBA) regulation of the European Union (EU) has been hailed as a groundbreaking initiative for developing countries. Since 2001 EBA grants almost completely liberalized access to the European market for products from the least-developed countries (LDCs). It quickly became the most symbolic European trade initiative towards the Third World since the first Lomé Convention... Read more

1. Introduction: The Relevance of EBA for Europe’s Trade and Development Policies 2. The Development of EBA 3. The North-South Dimension within the European Union: Conflicts over EBA 4. Bureaucratic Competition in EU Trade Policy: EBA as a Case of Competing Two-level Games 5. The Political Dynamics behind US and EU Trade Initiatives Towards the Least-developed Countries 6. Unilateral Trade Preferences of the US and the EU: Their Effectiveness for Sub-Saharan Exports and the Role of Geography and Institutions 7. Unilateral Trade Preferences of the US and the EU: Their Effectiveness and the Role of the Rules of Origin in the Apparel Sector 8. Symbolic and Effective?: An LDC Perspective on Duty- and Quota Free Market Access 9. The Significance of the EBA Scheme for CAP Reform 10. X EBA and the EU Sugar Market: Development Gift or Trojan Horse? 11. EU-ACP Negotiations on Regional Partnership Agreements and EBA 12. Normative Power Europe?: EBA, Economic Partnership Agreements and Benevolent Self-images. Conclusion: All About Nothing?