THE EUROPEAN UNION’S TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ACP:ENTRAPPED BY ITS OWN RHETORICAL STRATEGY?

This paper deals with the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union (EU) and the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. It addresses the question why the EU firmly insisted on upholding the negotiating deadline for these new trade agreements, despite the ver...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lotte Drieghe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Institute of Romania 2008-12-01
Series:Romanian Journal of European Affairs
Subjects:
ACP
Online Access:http://www.ier.ro/documente/rjea_vol8_no4/RJEA_Vol8_No4_The_Europea_Unions_Trade_Negotiations_with_the_ACP_Entrapped_by_its_own_Rhetorical_Strategy.pdf