EPA Review Annex Documents - DFID
EPA Review Annex Documents - DFID
EPA Review Annex Documents - DFID
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10. Qns: Have resources constraints have impacted the following elements of negotiations<br />
and which elements has been more resource intensive? (put x mark)<br />
Ans<br />
a. Tariffs and NTBs in manufactures and agriculture<br />
b. Impact on regional (south-south) integration<br />
c. Aid finance<br />
d. Trade in Services x<br />
e. SPS x<br />
f. Singapore issues/deep integration: competition, government<br />
procurement, investment, trade facilitation.<br />
11. Qns: What elements would you have not included in the <strong>EPA</strong>s or would you have<br />
negotiated outside the <strong>EPA</strong>s?<br />
Ans: Trade in service should have been treated out of the <strong>EPA</strong>.<br />
12. Qns: How do you see the <strong>EPA</strong>s shaping your regional integration processes?<br />
Ans: The ESA region has become much more disintegrated since <strong>EPA</strong> process started.<br />
13. Qns: What elements do you think are necessary to conclude an <strong>EPA</strong> agreement?<br />
Ans: Development needs of Ethiopia (and other ESA/ACP countries) should be taken on<br />
board for a successful conclusion of a comprehensive <strong>EPA</strong> agreement. There is also<br />
need for agreement on the various “contentious issues” currently causing disagreements<br />
within the <strong>EPA</strong> negotiations * .<br />
14. Qns: What additional resources (staff, skills, time, studies,..) would have helped to<br />
achieve more effective negotiations?<br />
Ans:<br />
a) Sectoral studies with a view to identifying sensitive products and vulnerable sectors of<br />
the economy that might be affected by the <strong>EPA</strong> negotiations.<br />
b) Enhancement of negotiating capacity (e.g., training on negotiating skills, increased<br />
training on such aspects as trade in services etc) of the member countries could have<br />
supported the negotiations of ACP countries.<br />
15. Qns: Are there any intangible benefits from the negotiations, such as strengthening<br />
negotiating capacity, better relationship with regional neighbours...? Any negative<br />
intangible outcomes?<br />
Ans: Yes,<br />
a) The country’s ability to negotiate in the area of trade has been sharpened.<br />
*<br />
1. Substantially All Trade (SAT) and Time Frame Article 12<br />
2. Rules of Origin Article 13<br />
3. Standstill clause Article 14<br />
4. Duties and taxes on exports Article 15<br />
5. MFN Article 16<br />
6. Prohibition of quantitative restrictions Arti. 17<br />
7. Special XX Agricultural Safeguard<br />
8. Development Chapter,<br />
• The need for additionality of resources<br />
• Development Cooperation,<br />
• Development Matrix (DM)<br />
• Development Benchmarks (DB<br />
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