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Part Three: Another Way Forward Page 67 35. Where are the Social Impact Assessments? 36. Very Civil Society 37. Not So Civil Society 38. Swimming Upstream 68 70 72 74 Appendices Appendix I: Regional Pacific ACP Negotiating Structure Appendix II: Pacific ACP Negotiating Timeline Appendix III: Pacific Island Forum Country Participation in Trade Agreements and Groupings 2004 Appendix IV: People Interviewed Appendix V: Useful websites Appendix VI: Selected references 77 78 79 80 80 81 6 A People’s Guide To The Pacific’s Economic Partnership Agreement
Abbreviations ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of countries ADB Asian Development Bank AGAPE Alternative Globalisation Addressing Peoples and Earth APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (forum) BIT Bilateral Investment Treaty ECOSOC European Commission Economic & Social Committee EBA Everything But Arms EDF European Development Fund EEC European Economic Community (pre-1993) EPA Economic Partnership Agreement EU European Union (from 1993) GATS (WTO) General Agreement on Trade in Services GATT (WTO) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GSP General System of Preferences IMF International Monetary Fund IPPA Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement LDCs Least Developed Countries MAI Multilateral Agreement on Investment MFN Most Favoured Nation status MSG Melanesian Spearhead Group NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NGO Non-Government Organisation NSAs Non-State Actors NZ New Zealand OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development PACP (Pacific ACP) Pacific members of the ACP PACER Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations PICTA Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement PNG Papua New Guinea <strong>REPA</strong> Regional Economic Partnership Agreement ROOs Rules of Origin SPARTECA South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement TEAG Trade Experts Advisory Group US United States of America VAT Value added tax WCC World Council of Churches WTO World Trade Organisation A People’s Guide To The Pacific’s Economic Partnership Agreement 7
Page 1 and 2: A PEOPLE’S GUIDE TO THE PACIFIC
Page 3 and 4: Foreword One of the callings of the
Page 5: Table of Contents Foreword Preface
Page 9 and 10: Spirituality, family life, traditio
Page 11 and 12: The description of reciprocal trade
Page 13 and 14: 2 The Lomé Convention Did the same
Page 15 and 16: 3 African, Caribbean & Pacific Soli
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Page 19 and 20: 6 Clearing a Path for Free Trade Wh
Page 21 and 22: 8 The European Union’s Base Line
Page 23 and 24: 9 The ACP on the Back Foot When and
Page 25 and 26: compromise ‘good governance’ wa
Page 27 and 28: Is there another way of interpretin
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Page 31 and 32: 14 Capturing the ACP’S Services W
Page 33 and 34: 15 ‘New Issues’ through the Bac
Page 35 and 36: 17 Phase 1 Negotiations It sounds l
Page 37 and 38: 18 Unequal Partnership In Practice
Page 39 and 40: 19 Learning from Others’ Experien
Page 41 and 42: 20 Europe’s Quest for Legitimacy
Page 43 and 44: PART TWO The Pacific’s Regional E
Page 45 and 46: 21 The Pacific Negotiating Context
Page 47 and 48: 22 The Domino Effect of a Pacific E
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Page 51 and 52: unskilled services workers into the
Page 53 and 54: sector acting ‘in their personal
Page 55 and 56: Is the Commission prepared to come
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28 (No) Goods What might a Pacific
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will probably approve this, especia
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PART FOUR of Origin that have to be
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32 Tourism What kind of tourism do
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contracts. They are usually paid th
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PART THREE Another Way Forward KEY
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“Studies ‘confirm the absence o
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“It is not true that ACP countrie
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$ We strongly support the stand of
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“The power of the churches’ spi
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Appendix I: Regional Pacific ACP Ne
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Appendix III: Pacific Island Forum
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Appendix VI: Selected References Ac
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Nalunga, Jane, ‘Eastern and South
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