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Deep Integration in EU FTAs

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  • Peter Holmes

    (Department of Economics, University of Sussex)

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This paper explores the paradox that the EU invests significant effort into including regulatory issues into Free Trade Agreements with apparently little binding impact other than in the case of prospective candidate countries who are likely to become members of the EU. The explanation does not appear to be pressure from the EU for binding agreements that is resisted by developing country partners. The main non trade issues in the recent CARIFORUM EPA appear to have been sought by the CARIFORUM negotiators, perhaps for internal reasons. The EU may also be seeking to establish softlaw precedents for more binding rules, but there is little evidence as yet of this and the EU itself is equally unwilling to be bound, eg on competition policy, leaving the mystery still unresolved

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  • Peter Holmes, 2010. "Deep Integration in EU FTAs," Working Paper Series 0710, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
    • Handle: RePEc:sus:susewp:0710
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    Cited by:

    1. Michelle Egan & Maria Helena Guimarães, 2017. "The Single Market: Trade Barriers and Trade Remedies," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55(2), pages 294-311, March.
    2. Raphael Power, 2008. "What Does the Rise of China Do for Industrialisation in Sub-Saharan Africa?," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(115), pages 7-22, March.

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    Keywords

    Non trade issues; bilateral trade agreements;

    JEL classification:

    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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