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International Journal of Political Science and Development Vol. 4(5), pp. 181–186, May, 2016. DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2016.040 ISSN: 2360-784X
Research Paper
Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) An Imperialist Agenda?
G.M Gillis-West
Department of Political and Administrative Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. E-mail: gmgilliswest@yahoo.com
Accepted 25 May 2016
The study
examined the economic relationship between the European Union (EU) and
the Africa Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group with a view to ascertaining
the extent to which this relationship has facilitated development in the
ACP countries. It reviewed the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs)
instrumentality of various trade protocols between the two groups to see
how the development challenges of countries of the ACP group have been
addressed. The theoretical framework applied in the research is
functionalism, which explains the mode of cooperation existing between
both groups, focusing on needs of individual countries that forge
connections and foster cooperation in a bid to reducing global conflict
and poverty. Descriptively from secondary data sourced evaluated the
value of the various trade strategies between the EU and ACP group,
considering the fact that most analyst view it as imperialist overtures
of the EU on the ACP group considering the character and description of
trade. The ACP group has benefitted from the trade relation, however
asymmetric the exchanges. The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
initiated by the European Union to support the economic development
efforts of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific group of States (ACP) is
not an imperialist agenda but a deliberate mechanism to support efforts
of ACP countries to purposefully create wealth via trade Therefore, the
study recommended that the ACP robustly negotiate and re-negotiate the
Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) beyond 2020. Cite This Article As: Gillis-West GM (2016). The Economic Partnership Agreement (Epa): an Imperialist Agenda?. Inter. J. Polit. Sci. Develop. 4(5): 181-186
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