Ethiopia and EPA Negotiation 2008 - FES Ethiopia

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Contents Acronyms ................................................................................................................................. 3 1. Reasons for Replacing the Cotonou Partnership Agreement with EPAs ..................... 4 1.1 WTO Rules.................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Weakness of Unilateral Preferences.......................................................................... 5 1.3 Europe’s Attempt to maintain its Influence over ACP countries ............................ 6 2. Legal Basis under Cotonou for EPA Negotiations .......................................................... 6 3. Review of the Negotiation............................................................................................... 8 4. Content of the Interim EPAs........................................................................................... 11 5. Ethiopia’s Main Concerns with the Interim EPAs .......................................................... 16 5.1 The MFN Provisions in the Interim EPAs................................................................ 16 5.2 Regional Integration ............................................................................................ 17 5.3 Export Tax.............................................................................................................. 19 5.4 Scope of Liberalisation ........................................................................................ 20 5.5 Prohibition of the Use of Quantitative Restrictions............................................. 20 5.6 Implementation of the Customs Valuation Agreement ................................... 21 5.7 Definition of Customs Duty .................................................................................. 23 5.8 Precedence that the Interim EPAs set to the legality of other preferences ... 24 5.9 Development Cooperation ................................................................................ 24 6. The EPA Interim Agreement and a way forward for Ethiopia..................................... 26 6.1 Initialling/ acceding to Development Chapter of the Interim EPA ...................... 27 6.2 EBA as a permanent solution................................................................................... 28 6.3 Concluding a Full EPA .............................................................................................. 36 7. Conclusion: Key Issues Ahead ....................................................................................... 43 7.1 Trade in Services Issues............................................................................................. 44 7.2 Government Procurement....................................................................................... 46 7.3 Investment................................................................................................................. 47 7.4 Competition Policy ................................................................................................... 48 7.5 Development Cooperation ..................................................................................... 50 2 | P a g e
References ............................................................................................................................. 51 Annex 1: Comparison of the EAC Interim Agreement and the ESA Interim Agreement. 53 1.1 The main areas of difference between the Interim Agreements of ESA and EAC. 54 1.2 Summary.................................................................................................................... 58 Acronyms ACP AfT AGOA CARIFORUM CEMAC Centrale CET COMESA CPA EAC EBA EC ECDPM ECOWAS EDF EPA ESA EU FTA GATT GSP IA LDC MFN ODI RoO SACU SADC SDT TDCA Agreement TNI UEMOA African, Caribbean and Pacific Aid for Trade (United States) Africa Growth Opportunity Act Caribbean Forum Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Common external tariff Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Cotonou Partnership Agreement East African Community Everything but Arms European Community European Centre for Development Policy Management Economic Community of West African States European Development Fund Economic Partnership Agreement Eastern and Southern Africa European Union Free-trade agreement General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Generalised System of Preferences Interim EPA Agreement Least developed country Most favoured nation Overseas Development Institute Rules of origin Southern African Customs Union Southern Africa Development Community Special and differential treatment (EU–South Africa) Trade, Development and Co-operation Trade Negotiation Insights Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine 3 | P a g e
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