Assessment of the Impact of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the COMESA countries and the European Union

Karingi, Stephen and Perez, Romain and Oulmane, Nassim and Lang, Rémi and Sadni Jallab, Mustapha (2006): Assessment of the Impact of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the COMESA countries and the European Union.

Abstract

The purpose of this study, is to evaluate possible economic repercussions of the trade facet, in Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), currently being negotiated between countries of the Common Market in Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and Member-States of European Union (EU). In so-doing, we have used two complementary models, the first one, based-on a general equilibrium approach, and the second, a partial equilibrium method. Indeed, multilateral trade agreements, will have implications trade activities, on the production of goods and factors, the price of consumer-goods, on the are of specialization of national economies, and their productive structure. Existing trade policy instruments also, will have direct and indirect effects on the market value of goods produced locally, or imported onto the markets of the COMESA sub-region.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: EPA-European Union-COMESA
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C6 - Mathematical Methods ; Programming Models ; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling > C68 - Computable General Equilibrium Models; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F13 - Trade Policy ; International Trade Organizations; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O10 - General

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