Partnership or Power Play: How Europe should bring development into its trade deals with ACP countries
A good summary of EPAs and whether the proposed rules are fair and provide a good basis for shared prosperity and development. The report argues that EPAs risk ‘locking ACP countries into current patterns of inequality and marginalistion, and further bias the multilateral trading system against the interests of developing countries’. It also suggests ways of adapting existing preferences to ensure the needs of developing countries are met.
Oxfam Briefing Paper, April 2008
www.oxfam.org
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