Mega-Regional Trade Agreements: Implications for ACP Countries

ECIPE Occasional Paper No. 2/2014

53 Pages Posted: 12 Jun 2017

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Peter Draper

Institute for International Trade

Simon Lacey

University of Adelaide | Institute for International Trade; University of New South Wales | China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Center

Yash Ramkolowan

DNA Economics

Date Written: February 1, 2014

Abstract

This paper exams two mega-regional FTAs under negotiation at the time of writing, namely the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, and exams what the implications may be - particularly of new rules in regulatory sectors hitherto untouched by multilateral trade disciplines - on African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries themselves often struggling to implement the many commitments undertaken in the recent wave of bilateral and regional PTAs they were, for the most part, given little choice but to conclude. The paper concludes with some recommendations for ACP countries hoping to have more of a say and more influence on important rule-making negotiations when they are not directly seated at the negotiating table themselves.

Keywords: International Trade, Free Trade Agreements, TPP, TTIP, ACP Countries, Trade and Development

JEL Classification: F13, F15, K33

Suggested Citation

Draper, Peter and Lacey, Simon B.C. and Ramkolowan, Yash, Mega-Regional Trade Agreements: Implications for ACP Countries (February 1, 2014). ECIPE Occasional Paper No. 2/2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2984071 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2984071

Peter Draper

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Simon B.C. Lacey (Contact Author)

University of Adelaide | Institute for International Trade ( email )

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Australia

University of New South Wales | China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Center ( email )

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Australia

Yash Ramkolowan

DNA Economics ( email )

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Hatfield Plaza
Pretoria, Gauteng 0028
South Africa

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