ACP-EU normative concessions from stabex to private sector development: Why the European Union's moralised pursuit of a 'deep' trade agenda is nothing 'new' in ACP-EU relations

Perspectives on European Politics and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 416-440

  Langan, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACP states; Cotonou Partnership Agreement; Deep trade agenda; EPAs; Liberalisation; Moralised concessions; New trade politics; Normative concessions; PSD (private sector development); Stabex; Structural adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350780217     PISSN: 15705854     EISSN: 15680258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15705850903105835     Document Type: Article

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