| dc.contributor.author | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-09T14:07:50Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2015-01-09T14:07:50Z | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52586 | en_US |
| dc.title | EU trade and development strategy is launched | en_US |
| cg.subject.cta | MARKETING | en_US |
| cg.subject.cta | TRADE | en_US |
| dcterms.abstract | A Commission communication entitled 'Trade and Development:... | en_US |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en_US |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | CTA. 2002. EU trade and development strategy is launched. Agritrade, November 2002. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. | en_US |
| dcterms.description | A Commission communication entitled 'Trade and Development: Assisting
Developing Countries to Benefit from Trade' places considerable
emphasis on 'improving the delivery of trade-related assistance',
particularly in terms of helping countries to acquire 'institutional
regulatory capacity, and the expertise to deal with the technicalities
of trading in a global system'. The importance of developing countries
improving their investment climate is also urged. Concrete proposals
put forward for action in the communication and highlighted in the
Commission's press release include:
intensification of dialogue with partner countries involving
a stronger emphasis on trade issues in the dialogue around PRSPs
(Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers) and ensuring that funding
for the priority of trade-related assistance is adjusted in the
Country and Regional Strategy papers;
enhancing the effectiveness of EU support through: reinforcing
the trade component in programmable aid; focussing on the needs
of least-developed and low-income countries; developing horizontal
trade-related assistance programmes; increasing the EU's ability
to design and deliver training programmes for trade negotiators;
providing technical assistance for sustainability-impact assessments;
reinforcing developing countries capacity in the SPS field;
contributing to international effectiveness through: ensuring
coherence in the provision of trade-related assistance; improving
co-ordination and sharing best practices; promoting the integrated
framework for least-developed countries; support to the DDA Global
Trust Fund.
Comment:
The trade profile of developing countries outlined in the opening
sections of the report is considerably at variance with the trade
profile of the ACP. Finished product exports account for only 19%
of the ACP's total exports to the EU, which remain concentrated
in agricultural and mineral products. The profile of a developing
country set out in the Trade and Development report has over two-thirds
of exports being accounted for by manufactured goods ( the developing
country group includes countries such as Slovenia and Malta). The
very different trade profile of the ACP group suggests that the
challenges facing the ACP are likely to be quite different from
the 'developing countries' which are a focus of the EU's Trade and
Development strategy. | en_US |
| dcterms.isPartOf | Agritrade | en_US |
| dcterms.issued | 2002 | en_US |
| dcterms.language | en | en_US |
| dcterms.publisher | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en_US |
| dcterms.type | News Item | en_US |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en_US |
| cg.identifier.url | http://agritrade.cta.int/Back-issues/Agriculture-monthly-news-update/2002/November-2002 | en_US |
| cg.place | Wageningen, The Netherlands | en_US |
| cg.coverage.region | ACP | en_US |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa | en_US |
| cg.coverage.region | Caribbean | en_US |
| cg.coverage.region | Oceania | en_US |
| cg.howPublished | Formally Published | en_US |
| cg.journal | Agritrade | en_US |
| cg.number | November 2002 | en_US |
