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原文传递 The Cotonou Agreement and its Implications for the Regional Trade Agenda in Eastern and Southern Africa

题名：	The Cotonou Agreement and its Implications for the Regional Trade Agenda in Eastern and Southern Africa
责任者：	de la Rocha, Manuel
关键词：	International Economics and Trade；Trade and Regional Integration；Transport and Trade Logistics；International Economics and Trade；Free Trade；International Economics and Trade；Trade Policy；Economic Theory and Research；Environmental Economics and Policies；International Economics and Trade；Rules of Origin；Transport
学科分类：	交通运输规划与管理
摘要：	Subregional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Eastern and Southern Africa have proliferated in the past 10 to 15 years. The small size of most of the countries in the region, some of which are landlocked, and the security needs in the post independence period largely explain the rapid expansion. These arrangements are characterized by multiple and overlapping memberships, complex structures, and eventually, conflicting and confusing commitments. The influence of RTAs has been limited to assisting the region in increasing trade, attracting foreign direct investment, enhancing growth, and achieving convergence among member countries. But despite their limitations, RTAs have the potential, if properly designed and effectively implemented, to be an important instrument in integrating member countries into global markets. In 1998 most of the Southern African countries, as members of the Africa Caribbean Pacific group (ACP), signed the Cotonou Agreement with the European Union, which includes the negotiation of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the EU and the ACP. The Cotonou Agreement explicitly leaves to the ACP countries to decide the level and procedures of the EPA trade negotiations, taking into account the regional integration process. This raises the question of how to decide on the groupings in the context of conflicting regional trade agendas. The author argues that the Cotonou Agreement and EPA negotiations could become the external driving force that will push the regional organizations to rationalize and harmonize their regional trade arrangements, thus strengthening the integration process and economies of the region, and assisting the Eastern and Southern Africa region in becoming a more active partner in the global economy.
出版机构：	World Bank
报告类型：	咨询报告
详细地址：	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2416988/cotonou-agreement-implications-regional-trade-agenda-eastern-southern-africa
资源类型：	科技（咨询、行业）报告
初始创建时间：	2003-06
最新修改时间：	2017-12-14T04:11:20Z