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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN

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  1. ​EC neo-protectionism threatens European producers and consumers

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 7 August 2013

    Globalisation is in a process of transition. Five years after the global financial crisis erupted, some areas of ‘globalisation management’ – notably the financial sector – have been closely scrutinised, resulting in new regulation. Institutions like the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the global trading system more broadly, have received praise for helping to avoid the same degree of protectionism that undermined global efforts to recover from the great depression of the 1930s.

  2. The trade Chapter of the European Union Association Agreement with Central America

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 27 March 2012
    Steve Woolcock; Jodie Keane; Christopher Stevens; Lorand Bartels
    This report reviews the trade chapter of the EU Central America Association Agreement, an example of the successful completion of a region-to-region agreement and therefore in line with the EU’s aim of promoting regional integration in other regions through trade and association agreements.
  3. The Lisbon Treaty - Implications for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) - European Union (EU) trade and trade negotiations

    Publication - Articles and blogs - 28 September 2010
    Christopher Stevens and Paul Goodison

    A report on the impact of the Lisbon treaty on developing countries, which offers a preliminary guide to the potential areas of change and an assessment of how these might impact upon Commonwealth developing countries in general (including least developed countries and small vulnerable economies) and on members of the ACP group in particular.

  4. Hyundai Commodore container ship at Keelung, Taiwan
    Hyundai Commodore container ship at Keelung, Taiwan

    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: flickr/wirralwater
    Source: Flickr

    Free Trade Agreements in Asia: Are they good for business?

    Event - Public event - 24 July 2009 09:00 - 10:30 (GMT+00)

    seminar addressed the critical question of whether the Asian system of multiple overlapping Free Trade Agreements is harmful to business activity particularly small SMEs.

  5. The CARIFORUM EU-Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA): the development component

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 March 2009
    Mareike Meyn (ODI), Christopher Stevens (ODI), Jane Kennan (ODI), Nick Highton (ODI), Sanussi Bilal (ECDPM), Corinna Braun-Munzinger (ECDPM), Dan Lui (ECDPM), Jeske van Seters (ECDPM), Collette Campbell (CaPRI) and John Rapley (CaPRI)

    This study considers the likely effects of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and the implications for the EU's development policy. It goes on to make a number of recommendations regarding the implementation of the agreement.

  6. The CARIFORUM and Pacific ACP Economic Partnership Agreements: Challenges Ahead?

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 January 2009
    Christopher Stevens, Mareike Meyn and Jane Kennan

    This report on the CARIFORUM and Pacific ACP Economic Partnership Agreements analyses the detailed implications for their economies including an indication of the broad country and region-wide effects. It provides a ‘baseline analysis’ of highly complex documents which make many specific commitments.

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