The Trade Effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States: Early Empirical Insights from Panel Data*

Abstract

Provisionally applied EPAs at a glance 2.1 EU-CARIFORUM EPA 2.2 EU-Pacific EPA 2.3 EU-ESA EPA 2.4 EU-Cameroon EPA 2.5 EPAs with West Africa 2.6 EU-SADC EPA 3 Empirical model 3.1 Data 3.2 Estimation strategy 4 Estimation results 4.1 Total trade 4.2 Agricultural trade 4.3 Manufactures trade 5 Conclusion and outlook References Appendix The trade effects of the EPAs between the EU and the ACP countries: early empirical insights from panel data German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

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