EU fta Negotiations with sadc and Mercosur: integration into the world economy or market access for EU firms?
The EU claims that its free trade agreements with regional organisations of developing countries can promote the respective regions' integration into the world economy. Taking as case studies EU negotiations with the Southern African Development Community and Mercosur, the paper argues that the EU a...
| Published in: | Third World Quarterly Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 181 - 198 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2008
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=27754040&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 27754040 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01436597 TWQ jtl: Third World Quarterly issn: 01436597 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Feb2008 vid: 29 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 27754040 10.1080/01436590701726608 ppf: 181 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 136KB tig: atl: EU fta Negotiations with sadc and Mercosur: integration into the world economy or market access for EU firms? aug: au: Robles, AlfredoC affil: Department of International Studies, De La Salle University, Manila su: International economic relations International relations Economic policy Economic development Commercial treaties Business negotiation Foreign investments European Union Developing countries sug: subj: International economic relations International relations Economic policy Economic development Commercial treaties Business negotiation Foreign investments European Union Developing countries ab: The EU claims that its free trade agreements with regional organisations of developing countries can promote the respective regions' integration into the world economy. Taking as case studies EU negotiations with the Southern African Development Community and Mercosur, the paper argues that the EU and its partners have different conceptions of integration into the world economy. For the EU the latter simply means multilateral trade liberalisation under the wto, while, for its partners, it involves increasing industrial production and exports of manufactured products. If the latter notion is accepted, an fta with the EU should increase European foreign direct investment into the region or at least increase their trade surpluses, thus increasing the resources available for support of local firms. The paper argues that an fta with the EU will not be likely to produce these results; thus the fta will simply be an instrument to promote market access for EU firms. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Third World Quarterly is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Third World Quarterly holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2008 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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