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This Economic Paper considers the likely effects on African, Caribbean and Pacific countries of the European Union’s Directive on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, planned to be implemented from 2010.

The European Union, under its ‘Global Europe’ initiative, has since 2006 been pursuing trade agreements with its major global trading partners.

This Economic Paper presents, for the first time, quantitative evidence of the effectiveness of Aid for Trade, the initiative to promote development by providing resources targeted at boosting involvement in international trade by developing countries.

Since 2003, international prices of a wide range of commodities have surged upwards in dramatic fashion, in many cases more than doubling in the space of a few years or even months.

No government ever has complete uniformity in its policies in the sense that each and every policy aims to achieve the same broad goals.

What have been the consequences of recent regulatory initiatives on international financial centres in small countries?

Trade facilitation has become a hot topic in the context of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Development Round of multilateral trade negotiations.

After the Hong Kong meetings in December 2005, what are the key trade and development issues that face developing countries in the closing stages of the Doha Round?

Globalisation opens up new economic opportunities if poor women producers and workers are enabled to take advantage of them.

This Commonwealth report presents the pro-development priorities that it recommends should form the core of the Doha Round agreements and sets out the key steps required for a true development round agenda.In the aftermath of the failure of Cancun, there is a need to reassess the direction of global trade negotiations.

This issue of Trade Hot Topics analyses the 2003 Cancún World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Meeting.

This issue of Trade Hot Topics looks closely at the USA–EC and USA–India textiles dispute relating to rules of origin.

This book is a collection of Trade Briefs, intended to serve as sources of information and training, and as reference tools for officials, policy makers and other persons responsible for following negotiations on behalf of Commonwealth developing countries.It focuses on the various multilateral and regional negotiations and in particular, the Doha Development Round and ACP-EU Economic Partnerships Agreements (EPAs).The Papers are presented in a manner which allows for flexibility and accessibility of use.

International tax competition has come to the forefront of global economic policy debate at the outset of the 21st Century.

This issue of Trade Hot Topics looks at developed countries response to the implementation-related issues and concerns from developing countries to the Uruguay Round Agreements.

The banana dispute which effectively came to an end on 11th April 2001 with the Agreement between EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy and US Trade Representative, Richard Zoellick, has certainly been one of the most protracted and complex trade disputes of recent times.

The purpose of this guide is to provide crafts producers and exporters with a practical methodology to assess potential markets.

The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is a historical agreement covering a wide range of international service transactions.

This paper considers the Draft Communication on Future EC Support for Private Sector Development in ACP countries (DraCom), prepared by the European Commission (EC)(DG VIII), in light of the ACP Group Negotiating Mandate (GNM) of 30/9/98, and seeks to identify any areas of divergence between the two positions, or proposals by either side requiring further clarification and discussion, and to provide commentary for negotiators to consider.

This publication is a result of a meeting in Mauritius in 1997, where, at the Commonwealth Finance Ministers' request, an Expert Group was convened by the Secretary-General to recommend measures to protect countries from the destabilising effects of volatile capital flows.

This report analyses the key issues concerning small states’ security and development.

This study provides an overall assessment of the implications of the Uruguay Round for a broad cross-section of developing Commonwealth countries.

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the combined impact of the Uruguay Round and NAFTA on the Commonwealth Caribbean countries.

Beginning with an overview of the economic and business background of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), this guide provides essential information to exporters about the new trading environment.