EU Aid for Trade: Mitigating Global Trade Injustices?

Brazys, Samuel; Saltnes, Johanne Døhlie; Pillai, Arya

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3466115

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“…In particular, Brazys et al . (2019) consider the extent to which EU external assistance in the form of Aid for Trade served to mitigate injustice between the EU and its African partners by promoting a relationship of non‐domination. As noted there, non‐domination is at the normative core of political cooperation insomuch as it is the absence of one actor being able to arbitrarily use its power to act upon the will of another agent.…”

Section: The Economic Partnership Agreements Negotiationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Home Field Advantage? EU–ACP Economic Partnership Agreement Meeting Locations and Textual Tone

Brazys

Schoonvelde

2021

J of Common Market Studies

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The European Union's Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with countries in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group are touted as a new form of equitable engagement. However, many argue that the EPAs simply substitute a different form of political and economic domination. In this paper, we consider if the siting of meetings has a substantive impact on EPA outcomes or media reporting thereof. Using a difference‐in‐difference like approach we evaluate if the tone and polarity of media reports about the EPAs during periods of ‘home’ meetings in the ACP countries differs from media reports during ‘away’ meetings in the EU. Using two different datasets we arrive at differing results, leading to inconclusive overall findings. While we suspect that the alternating meeting site norm has implications for EPA process and outcomes, further research will be needed to uncover the precise nature of these effects.

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Section: The Economic Partnership Agreements Negotiationsmentioning

confidence: 99%