Economic partnership agreements between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of countries :
Subtitle:
new governance or new dependency?
Publication Name:
Revista Tempo do Mundo
Volume, number, page:
1:1, pp.29-52
Year of Publication:
2009
Organization Name:
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada
Acronym:
ipea
Publisher:
ipea
City:
Brasilia
Country of Publication:
Brasil
Full Date:
2009
ISBN or ISSN:
2176-7025
Category:
Academic articles
Theme:
Subregion - European Union
Country - European Union
Agreements
Association Agreeements
Government
Business
Keyword(s):
Economic Partnership Agreement
Economic policy
Regional economic policy
ACP
European Union
Governance
European Union Policy
North-South economic relations
Foreign trade policy
Foreign trade partners
CARIFORUM
Globalization
Economic Agreements
Abstract:
For a long time, the cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (ACP) has been considered a “progressive” model of partnership. However, the Cotonou Agreement (2000) marked a deep change in the relationship between them, since it imposed the implementation of a free-trade-based commercial framework, requiring relationships to be based on a new form of governance. Many ACP countries dispute the use of the concept of governance by the EU, considering it an instrument of power aiming to establish a new center (EU)–periphery (ACP) dependence in the context of globalization. To analyze this process, this paper reviews the stakes involved in negotiations, the action of legitimizing the EU (the new governance), the building of critical discourse (the new dependence) and the effects of this confrontation on the implementation of agreements.
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