The Development Objectives of EPAs and Emerging Lessons for UK- Africa Trade and Development Relations.

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T1 - The Development Objectives of EPAs and Emerging Lessons for UK- Africa Trade and Development Relations.

AU - Ikpe, Eka

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - The EPAs are an important if contentious element of an enduring trade and development relationship between Europe and Africa. Yet important lessons emerge from this engagement for other geopolitical entities, including the UK, for institutionalizing trade arrangements with Africa. This paper considers basis of the EPA upon developmental outcomes such as economic integration and economic diversification. It also engages critically with the notion of reciprocity, another foundational element of the EPAs, and its potential impact on the aforementioned developmental objectives of the EPAs in Africa.Against this background the paper presents key considerations to inform UK-Africa trade arrangements in the aftermath of the UK’s exit from the European Union.

AB - The EPAs are an important if contentious element of an enduring trade and development relationship between Europe and Africa. Yet important lessons emerge from this engagement for other geopolitical entities, including the UK, for institutionalizing trade arrangements with Africa. This paper considers basis of the EPA upon developmental outcomes such as economic integration and economic diversification. It also engages critically with the notion of reciprocity, another foundational element of the EPAs, and its potential impact on the aforementioned developmental objectives of the EPAs in Africa.Against this background the paper presents key considerations to inform UK-Africa trade arrangements in the aftermath of the UK’s exit from the European Union.

M3 - Chapter

BT - THE FUTURE OF AFRICA-UK TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION RELATIONS IN THE TRANSITIONAL AND POST BREXIT PERIOD

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