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ICTSD Programme on Agricultural Trade and Sustainable DevelopmentiiiCONTENTSLIST OF BOXES AND TABLESACRONYMSFOREWORDEXECUTIVE SUMMARYvvviix1. INTRODUCTION 12. UNDERSTANDING SOURCES OF PREFERENCE EROSION INACP-EU TRADE 23. PREFERENCE EROSION IN THE BANANA SECTOR: SOURCES 6AND IMPACTS3.1 Understanding Sources of Banana Sector Preference Erosion and DifferentialImpacts 63.2 The EU Single Internal Market and the Impact of a Single Banana Regime 63.3 The Impact of the WTO Dispute 83.4 The Tariff-only Regime 123.5 The CAP-reform Dimension 143.6 The Experience of the EU Policy Response in the Banana Sector 153.7 Lessons from Banana Sector Experience 184. PREFERENCE EROSION IN THE SUGAR SECTOR: SOURCES ANDIMPACTS 234.1 The Basis of ACP Preferences and Sources of Preference Erosion 234.2 Where Are We in Preference Erosion in the Sugar Sector? 264.3 Prospects for Substantial Tariff Liberalisation of the Sugar Sector 284.4 Prospects for Tariff Reductions in Sugar Containing Value Added Products 304.5 The EU Response to Preference Erosion in the Sugar Sector 314.6 The Impact of EU Sugar Sector Reform 334.7 The Impact of EU Sugar Reform: The Indicative Case of Swaziland 354.8 Policy Responses: The lessons from the Swazi Experience 364.9 The Experience of the EU Policy Response in the Sugar Sector –The Trade Dimension 394.10 The Experience of the EU Policy Response in the Sugar Sector –The Development Finance Dimension 41