Economic partnership agreements: A 'historic step' towards a 'partnership of equals'?

Development Policy Review

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 515-528

  Meyn, Mareike ^a  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACP; Africa; Economic partnership agreement; EU; Free trade; Regional integration; Trade liberalisation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FREE TRADE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POWER RELATIONS; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 48949089970     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2008.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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