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| Beschreibung: | "African regional trade integration has grown exponentially in the last decade. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the legal framework within which it is being pursued. It will fill a huge knowledge gap and serve as an invaluable teaching and research tool for policy makers in the public and private sectors, teachers, researchers and students of African trade and beyond. The author argues that African Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) are best understood as flexible legal regimes particularly given their commitment to variable geometry and multiple memberships. He analyzes the progress made toward trade liberalization in each region, how the RTAs are financed, their trade remedy and judicial regimes and how well they measure up to Article XXIV of GATT. The book also covers monetary unions as well as intra-African regional integration, and examines Free Trade Agreements with non-African regions including the Economic Partnership Agreements with the European Union"-- Provided by publisher. -- "African regional trade integration has grown exponentially in the last decade. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the legal framework within which it is being pursued. It will fill a huge knowledge gap and serve as an invaluable teaching and research tool for policy makers in the public and private sectors, teachers, researchers and students of African trade and beyond. The author argues that African Regional Trade Agreements are best understood as flexible legal regimes, particularly given their commitment to variable geometry and multiple memberships. He analyses the progress made toward trade liberalization in each region, how the Regional Trade Agreements are financed, their trade remedy and judicial regimes and how well they measure up to Article XXIV of GATT. The book also covers monetary unions as well as intra-African regional integration, an Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Autor: Gathii, James Thuo
Jahr: 2011
CONTENTS
List of figures page xv
List of tables xvi
Acknowledgements xvii
List of abbreviations xix
Table of cases xxv
Introduction xxvii
I African Regional Trade Agreements as flexible legal
regimes 1
A Introduction 1
B Flexibility as enmeshment in the African context 8
1 Adaptations of the Vinerian model 8
2 Flexibility as enmeshment in the African context 15
3 African RTAs as forums of integrated development and functionally
specific projects 19
4 Multiplicity of objectives: The merits and de-merits of nestling
non-trade objectives in African RTAs 24
5 African RTAs as bulwarks of self-reliance and economic
independence 27
II Variable geometry: A defining aspect of African RTAs 34
A Introduction 34
B Reasons for the adoption of variable geometry 36
C Variable geometry as a solution of adjusting the costs and
benefits of integration 41
D The East African Court of Justice s Variable Geometry
Advisory Opinion 49
VI CONTENTS
1 The arguments of the partner states and the East African Law Society
as amici 52
2 The decision of the Court 56
E Conclusion 62
III Multiple memberships in African RTAs 65
A Introduction 65
B Why countries have multiple memberships in RTAs 67
1 Multiple memberships reflect Africa s diversity 73
C Criticisms of multiple memberships 76
1 Spaghetti bowl: Are RTAs building or stumbling blocks? 76
2 High transaction and administrative costs 79
3 Implications for African RTAs 82
D Conclusions 84
IV African RTAs in the context of Article XXIV
of the GATT 86
A Introduction 86
B Article XXIV of the GATT: Requirements for the formation
of RTAs 87
C Economic rationales of Article XXIV of the GATT 90
D The GATT and WTO as a constitution 93
E Problems encountered in the examination process 99
F The substantially all the trade issue in Article XXIV (8) of
the GATT 99
G Interim agreements under Article XXIV (5)(c) of
the GATT 106
H Other regulations of commerce and other restrictive
regulations of commerce in Article XXIV of the
GATT 109
I Rules of origin 112
J Additional issues in Article XXIV of the GATT 117
K The Enabling Clause 120
CONTENTS Vii
1 Events leading to the adoption of the Enabling Clause 120
2 The 1979 decision 123
3 Discussion 125
L European Communities: Conditions for the granting of tariff
preferences to developing countries 128
M EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreement 132
N Compatibility with the WTO 133
1 The Enabling Clause to justify EU-ACP preferences 134
2 GATT Article XXIV to justify EU-ACP preferences 136
3 Internal requirement of GATT Article XXIV (8)(b) 136
4 Rules of origin 139
5 Transition periods 140
6 Developing countries and EPAs 141
Trade liberalization commitments and realization
time frames 143
A Introduction 143
B The Economic Community of West African States 144
1 Overview 144
2 Sequencing 145
3 Common market 146
4 Customs union 148
5 ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme 150
6 Economic and monetary union 153
7 Progress 154
C Intergovernmental Authority on Development
(IGAD) 156
1 Overview 156
2 Sequencing 158
3 The IGAD Treaty and strategy 159
4 The importance of livestock to the IGAD Community 160
5 Progress 163
D The Common Market for Eastern and Southern
Africa 165
1 Overview 165
2 Sequencing 167
Vili CONTENTS
3 Free trade arca 167
4 Customs union 169
5 Monetary union 170
6 Rules of origin 171
7 Areas of cooperation 172
8 Progress 174
E East African Community 181
1 Overview 181
2 Sequencing 182
3 Customs union 182
4 Common market 187
5 Monetary union 195
6 Political federation 195
7 Progress 196
F Arab Maghreb Union 202
1 Overview 202
2 Organizational structure 204
3 Economic achievements 205
G The Southern African Development Community 211
1 Overview 211
2 Sequencing 212
3 The SADC Treaty 212
4 Progress 217
H Southern African Customs Union 223
1 Overview 223
2 Trade Liberalization Scheme 224
3 Progress 228
I Community of Sahel-Saharan States 232
1 Overview 232
2 Treaty establishing the Community 233
J Economic Community of Central African States 237
1 Overview 237
2 Treaty establishing the Community 238
VI Financing African RTAs 243
A Introduction 243
CONTENTS ix
B Financing the AEC 245
1 AEC s budgetary process 249
2 Problems encountered in raising revenue 251
3 Financing the AMU 254
4 Financing CEN-SAD 254
5 Financing COMESA 255
6 Financing the EAC budget 257
7 Financing ECCAS 258
8 Financing ECOWAS 259
9 Financing IGAD 260
10 Financing SADC 261
C Conclusion 262
VII African RTA Judiciaries 264
A Introduction 264
B The COMESA Court of Justice 265
1 Jurisdiction 266
C The East African Court of Justice 268
1 The EACJ s jurisprudence 274
D The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice 279
E The SADC Tribunal 284
1 The SADC Tribunal s jurisprudence 288
2 South Africa-Zimbabwe Bilateral Investment Promotion and
Protection Agreement and Fick 293
F Conclusions 297
VIII Trade remedy regimes 298
A Introduction 298
B COMESA s institutional mechanisms for overseeing and
reviewing trade remedies 298
C Trade remedies provided for by COMESA 300
1 Safeguards 302
2 Anti-dumping actions 305
3 Subsidies and countervailing measures 309
4 COMESA safeguards for Kenyan sugar and wheat industries 312
CONTENTS
D Trade remedies available under the Protocol on the
Establishment of the East African Customs Union 313
1 The EAC Committee on Trade Remedies 313
E Trade remedies available to EAC Customs Union
partners 314
1 Safeguards 315
2 Anti-dumping measures 319
3 Subsidies and countervailing measures 331
4 Investigations of dumping, subsidies and application of safeguard
measures 336
F Southern African Development Community (SADC) trade
remedies 336
1 Anti-dumping measures 337
2 Subsidies and countervailing measures 337
3 Safeguard measures 338
4 Protection of infant industries 338
G Trade remedies under the Southern African Customs Union
(SACU) Agreement 339
H Conclusion 340
IX Monetary unions in Africa 342
A Introduction 342
B The Economic and Monetary Community of
Central Africa 342
1 Legal framework establishing CEMAC 344
2 The Bank of Central Africa 347
C The West African Economic and Monetary Union 350
1 Objectives of the UEMOA 350
2 Organizational structure of the UEMOA 350
3 The BCEAO and the payment system 351
4 Legal framework governing the payment system 352
D The West African Monetary Zone 352
1 Organizational structure of the WAMZ 353
2 The role of the WAMI 354
E The successes and challenges of the African monetary
unions 355
CONTENTS XI
1 WAMZ and WAEMU success and challenges 357
2 Challenges for the CFA franc zone 358
3 Success of the 1994 devaluation 359
4 The euro crisis and Africa 359
F Conclusions 360
X Intra-African regional trade integration 361
A Introduction 361
B The relationship between the African Economic Community
and Regional Economic Communities 362
C Sources of support for intra-regional trade
cooperation 364
1 Africa Development Bank 364
2 Foreign aid 365
D The importance of linkages between RECs in
agriculture 366
1 TheAECandNEPAD 368
2 Agricultural programmes in East and Southern Africa 370
3 Regional Agricultural Trade Expansion Support (RATES)
Programme 371
4 Competitiveness and Trade Expansion Programme 372
5 Africa Agricultural Market Programme 372
6 Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and
Southern Africa 373
E Agricultural programmes in West Africa 373
F Agricultural programmes in North Africa 374
G Challenges in agricultural integration and some
solutions 374
H The importance of linkages between RECs in transport and
communications 376
I Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) 378
1 ICT in North Africa 378
2 ICT in West Africa 378
3 ICT in East and Southern Africa 379
Xll CONTENTS
4 Regional Information and Communication Technology Support
Programme 380
J Airtransport 382
1 The need for air transport liberalization and the Yamoussoukro
Decision 382
2 Air transport policy in West Africa 382
3 Air transport policy in East and Southern Africa 383
K Surface transport - road, rail, ports and maritime 384
1 Road and rail transport 384
2 Portsand maritime transport 386
L Other areas of regional integration 386
1 COMESA-EAC-SADC Free Trade Area 386
2 The East Africa Migration Route Programme 388
M Conclusions 389
XI African RTA relations with non-African RTAs 390
A Introduction 390
B Trade Agreements between African RTAs and
Europe 391
1 EU FTAg: The Cotonou Agreement and the dawn of Economic
Partnership Agreements 391
(a) EPA negotiations 392
(b) How is development incorporated in the EPAs? 397
(c) The interim ESA-EC EPA 398
(d) Status of EPA negotiations 399
2 European Free Trade Area (EFTA)-Southern African Customs Union
(SACU) FTA 401
C Trade Agreements between African RTAs and the
United States 403
1 African Growth and Opportunities Act 2000 403
D Free Trade Agreements 406
1 US-Morocco FTAg 406
2 TRIPS v. US FTAgs - effect of stringent IPR standards 407
3 IPR provisions: EPAs v. US FTAgs 410
E Trade and Investment Framework Agreements between the
United States and African states 411
CONTENTS Xm
1 US-SACU Trade, Investment and Development Cooperative
Agreement 411
F Bilateral Investment Treaties between the United States and
African states 413
G South-South trade - A survival strategy of trade between
developing states? 414
1 Indo-African trade 415
2 India-Africa Forum Summit 416
3 India-SACU Preferential Trade Agreement 417
4 Sino-African trade 418
5 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation 419
6 China-SACU FTAg negotiations 419
7 MERCOSUR-Africa trade 420
8 Legal regimes on counterfeit goods 422
H Conclusions 423
Bibliography 424
Index 471
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| spelling | Gathii, James Thuo Verfasser aut African regional trade agreements as legal regimes James Thuo Gathii 1. publ. Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2011 XXXII, 491 S. graph. Darst., Kt. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Cambridge international trade and economic law "African regional trade integration has grown exponentially in the last decade. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the legal framework within which it is being pursued. It will fill a huge knowledge gap and serve as an invaluable teaching and research tool for policy makers in the public and private sectors, teachers, researchers and students of African trade and beyond. The author argues that African Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) are best understood as flexible legal regimes particularly given their commitment to variable geometry and multiple memberships. He analyzes the progress made toward trade liberalization in each region, how the RTAs are financed, their trade remedy and judicial regimes and how well they measure up to Article XXIV of GATT. The book also covers monetary unions as well as intra-African regional integration, and examines Free Trade Agreements with non-African regions including the Economic Partnership Agreements with the European Union"-- Provided by publisher. -- "African regional trade integration has grown exponentially in the last decade. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the legal framework within which it is being pursued. It will fill a huge knowledge gap and serve as an invaluable teaching and research tool for policy makers in the public and private sectors, teachers, researchers and students of African trade and beyond. The author argues that African Regional Trade Agreements are best understood as flexible legal regimes, particularly given their commitment to variable geometry and multiple memberships. He analyses the progress made toward trade liberalization in each region, how the Regional Trade Agreements are financed, their trade remedy and judicial regimes and how well they measure up to Article XXIV of GATT. The book also covers monetary unions as well as intra-African regional integration, an Includes bibliographical references and index Internationales Recht Foreign trade regulation Africa Monetary unions Africa Foreign trade regulation Free trade LAW / International bisacsh Handelsabkommen (DE-588)4158980-4 gnd rswk-swf Rechtssystem (DE-588)4139924-9 gnd rswk-swf Afrika Africa Economic integration Africa Foreign economic relations Afrika (DE-588)4000695-5 gnd rswk-swf Afrika (DE-588)4000695-5 g Handelsabkommen (DE-588)4158980-4 s Rechtssystem (DE-588)4139924-9 s DE-604 http://assets.cambridge.org/97805217/69839/cover/9780521769839.jpg Cover image HBZ Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=024368660&sequence=000004&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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