Sökning: "Preferential Trade Agreement"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 19 uppsatser innehållade orden Preferential Trade Agreement.

1. 11. Unite and Conquer

   Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Elin Hagberg; [2010]
   Nyckelord :Regional Economic Community; Africa; European Commission; Regional Integration; Partnership Agreements; Trade-related Issues; Law and Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : In 2007 the preferential trading agreements between the EUs and its former colonies elapsed. The need for the new Economical Partnership Agreement had been known for long and the new agreements were claimed to have a larger development element and aimed to stimulate regional integration in the African communities. LÄS MER

3. 12. EPA, Regional Integration And Export From Africa

   Master-uppsats, IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Författare :COLLINS ENOH NYAMBI; [2010]
   Nyckelord :EPA; regional integration; export;

   Sammanfattning : Introduction: The trade relationship between the European Union (EU) and African coun-tries based on regional groupings, under the framework of Economic Partnership Agree-ment(EPAs) came to play in most countries in January 2008. It replaces the preferential trade treatment granted by the EU under the Lomé convention and Cotonou agreement which allowed African, Carribean and Pacific countries(ACP) greater access to EU markets as a means of leveraging African exports, and encouraging the competitiveness of African economies in the global economy. LÄS MER

4. 13. Trade Patterns in Europe : An assessment of EU and EMU memberships

   Kandidat-uppsats, IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Författare :Jannice Söderström; Louise Buhre; [2008]
   Nyckelord :EU; EMU; Gravity model; Trade affinity; Common currency;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates in what way trade flows in Europe have been altered and differ for countries belonging to a preferential trade agreement as well as a common currency area. More specifically, how exports among the European countries are affected by memberships with the European Union and the EMU. LÄS MER

5. 14. EPA, Agriculture and Development - The Case of CARIFORUM

   Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Författare :Anna Folkesson; [2008]
   Nyckelord :EPA; CARIFORUM; sugar; bananas; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : The CARIFORUM and the EU agreed in December 2007 on an EPA which replaced the preferential trade treatment granted by the EU under the Lomé convention and Cotonou agreement. In the EPA the EU agreed to open up their markets to 100% for goods coming from the CARIFORUM (rice and sugar have shorter transition periods) and the CARIFORUM has 25 years to liberalize 86,9% of imports coming from the EU. LÄS MER

7. 15. A spaghetti bowl of preferences? : om preferentiella handelsavtals påverkan på WTO

   Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

   Författare :Helena Karlsson; [2007]
   Nyckelord :preferential trade agreements; World Trade Organization; Most-Favored-Nation principle; international regimes; multilateralism; EU;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to clarify the affect that preferential and regional trade agreements have on the World Trade Organization (WTO), as being establisher of the international trading regime. The essay is an explanatory literature study, which strives to answer the following questions: Are regional and preferential trade agreements a threat or a complement to the WTO? Is an undermining of the MFN principle weakening the WTO? How do regional trade agreements made by the EU affect the future of the WTO? The empirical material is to be analyzed using an explanatory framework, which is based on neo-liberal instutionalism, theories on regime changes and a game theoretical approach, using prisoner’s dilemma. LÄS MER