ECONOMIC POLICY PAPER SERIES
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UPDATING ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS TO TODAY’S GLOBAL CHALLENGES
ESSAYS ON THE FUTURE OF ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS
Edited by Emily Jones and Darlan F. Martí
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Updating Economic Partnership Agreements to Today’s Global Challenges.
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N Updating Economic Partnership Agreements: An Overview
Emily Jones and Darlan Fonseca Martí. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Part I. The imperative to update the EPAs
Updating EPAs: Rising to the Challenge
Emily Jones and Darlan Fonseca Martí . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9Beyond the Economic Partnership Agreements: A New U.S.-European Approach to rade and Development in sub-Saharan Africa
Katrin A. Kuhlmann. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15Economic Partnership Agreements: How to Rebound?
Patrick Messerlin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22From an Ugly Duckling to a Beautiful Swan? hanks to the WO, the European Union is on the Way from Preferences to Reciprocity in Defining rade Relations with its Favorite Associate Countries
Christian Häberli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Part II. A fresh start for the negotiating process
Economic Partnership Agreements: o be or not to be?
Sanoussi Bilal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33EPAs: A Challenge to Development
Bert Koenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44aking Stock of the EPA Process: Original Objectives, Past Achievements, and Future Challenges in Finalizing and Implementing EPAs
João Aguiar Machado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48he Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA): View from the South African Government
Xavier Carim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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