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Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I: Historical Foundations of the ACP-EU Relationship -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Historical Context: Evolution of the ACP-EU Relationship -- Main Issues in the ACP-EU Relationship -- Shifting Strategies and Interests -- The Nature and Role of Development in the ACP-EU Relationship -- The Impact of the ACP-EU Partnership on ACP Regional Integration -- The Challenge of Asymmetries Between the ACP and the EU -- Political Issues in the ACP-EU Relationship -- Outline of the Book -- Notes -- Chapter 2: A History of the ACP-EU Relationship: The Origins and Spirit of Lomé -- From Yaoundé to Lomé -- Lomé and the Birth of the ACP -- The Life of Lomé -- From Lomé to Cotonou -- Concluding Reflections -- Notes -- Part II: An Anatomy of the ACP-EU Relationship -- Chapter 3: The EU and Africa: The Political Economy of an Asymmetrical Partnership -- Africa-EU Trade: From Lomé to Cotonou -- Africa-EU Economic Partnership Agreements -- African Opposition to the Economic Partnership Agreements -- The Role of Development Assistance in Africa-EU Relations -- Political Aspects of the Africa-EU Relationship -- Concluding Reflections -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The EU and the Caribbean: The Necessity of Unity -- From CARICOM to CARIFORUM -- From Lomé to Cotonou -- Trends in the EU-Caribbean Relationship -- The EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement -- Flawed Negotiations -- Absence of an Effective Development Dimension -- Surrender of Policy Space -- Impact on Regional Integration -- Onerous Implementation -- The Future of Caribbean-EU Relations -- Caribbean-ACP Relations -- A Caribbean Perspective on the Future of ACP-EU Relations -- Concluding Reflections -- Notes -- Chapter 5: The EU and the Pacific: A Tale of Unfulfilled Expectations

The European Union (EU) has provided trade preferences to the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries since 1975. To maintain these preferences, a series of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the EU and regional groupings of ACP countries are being agreed, (negotiations started around 2003 and many framework agreements have been signed). As multilateral negotiations within the World Trade Organisation have stalled, EPAs are currently the single most important policy issue for ACP trade. This volume assesses EPAs and the potential impact on ACP countries, provides guidance.

The European Union (EU) has provided trade preferences to the former colonies of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions since 1975 but these preferences have been of limited value and found to be incompatible with WTO rules. To continue preferences, economic partnership agreements (EPAs) were established, under which the EU and regional groupings of ACP countries offer reciprocal trade preferences to each other. This volume not only assesses EPAs and the impact on ACP countries, but also provides guidance for ACP negotiators in future negotiations and provides an evaluation of method

This book is a critical examination of Euro-Nigeria relations under the EU-ACP Economic Partnership agreements as well as the implications of the agreements on integration in Africa. Samuel O Oloruntoba is a Senior Lecturer at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

Foreword -- About the contributors -- Our engagement and cooperation. ASEAN and EU : from donor-recipient relations to partnership with a strategic purpose / Yeo Lay Hwee. ASEAN-EU economic relations : a shared present and future / Pushpanathan Sundram. Political and security cooperation between ASEAN and the EU / V P Hirubalan -- Our similarities and differences. ASEAN and EU : similarities and differences / Tommy Koh. A few things that ASEAN has outdone the EU / Termsak Chalermpalanupap. Human rights in the ASEAN-EU relationship : finding common ground / Shashi Jayakumar. Convergence and divergence : ASEAN's and the EU's responses to the Rohingya crisis / Noeleen Heyzer and Lilianne Fan -- Diverse and evolving bilateral ties. Brunei Darussalam-European Union relations : moving beyond diplomatic niceties / Osman Patra. Cambodia-EU relations : beyond everything-but-arms? / Chheang Vannarith. Indonesia-EU relations : close partners or distant associates? / Evi Fitriani. Laos-EU relations : a Laos perspective / Sayakane Sisouvong. Malaysia-EU relations : themes and evolution / Nur Shahadah Jamil. Myanmar, ASEAN and EU : finding the Nexus / Moe Thuzar. Navigating the Nadir of Philippines-European Union relations / Sol Iglesias. The perception-expectations gap: recalibrating Singapore-EU relations / Yeo Lay Hwee. Thailand-EU ties : a toxic love affair / Kavi Chongkittavorn. Vietnam-EU relations : a success story / Hoang Thi Ha -- Enhanced cooperation into the future. The ASEAN-EU Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement (CATA) : potential and reality / Alan Khee-Jin Tan. The European Union and ASEAN : deepening cooperation in human security / Mely Caballero-Anthony. ASEAN-EU trade talks : friends in need / Jaya Ratnam -- Index.

This report presents an overview of existing environmental credit lines in the EU's Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), which are mostly supported by International Finance Institutions and donors and disbursed by local commercial banks. Lessons learned from this type of credit-line implementation provide useful insights for spurring the banking sector into financing green investments.

This book provides a comprehensive review of relations between China and the EU from the perspectives of politics, economy and culture in order to provide a better understanding of the development of the China-EU Strategic Partnership over the past ten years and to explore its future direction. It goes on to discuss China-EU relations against the backdrop of global governance, as well as China's relations with some of the EU member states. The final part of the report presents a comparative analysis of China-EU relations and EU-US relations. This book will help readers to better understand the status quo and to predict China-EU relations in the near future

Chapter 1: Diversity in National Law -- Chapter 2: Legislative Reform in EC Law -- Chapter 3: The ECHR Perspective -- Chapter 4: The ECHR in Community Law -- Chapter 5: Community Law Principles of Discrimination 1 -- Chapter 6: A Non-discriminatory Obstacle? -- Chapter 7: Justifications for Married Partners Only Immigration Policies -- Chapter 8: Conclusions

EU and Asia : sharing diversity in an inter-regional partnership -- Contents -- I. Opening Address by Lee Hsien Loong -- II. EU and Asia: Sharing Diversity in an Inter-Regional Partnership by Romano Prodi -- III. Discussion -- IV. Closing Remarks by Chia Siow Yue -- Romano Prodi -- The Singapore Lecture Series.