Trade Policy and Regional Integration: Implications for the Relations between Europe and Africa

Lomé Versus Free Trade Agreements: The Dilemma Facing the ACP Countries

“…9 It is sometimes alleged that ACP exports are subject to quotas under the MFA (e.g. Collier and Gunning, 1995). This confusion may have arisen from the use by Britain and France in 1979 of temporary VERs on exports of clothing by Mauritius.…”

The Future of Lome: Europe’s Role in African Growth

“…We propose that trade relations be returned to their original reciprocal basis. This could take the form of a North-South free trade area, as in the case of NAFTA (Collier and Gunning, 1995). The preferential access to the European market (including the protection against anti-dumping suits) would then be contingent upon African trade liberalisation.…”

Reforming Stabex

“…The approaching expiration of the current treaty, Lome IV, has led to an intense debate which has focused on the Commission's proposal for introducing reciprocity in EU-ACP trade relations and on the question whether the Stabex scheme should be maintained. The first issue was considered in Collier and Gunning (1995) and Collier et al (1997a); here we focus on the future of Stabex.…”