The Impacts of the Proposed EU-Libya Trade Agreement

George, Clive and Miles, Oliver and Prud'homme, Dan (2010): The Impacts of the Proposed EU-Libya Trade Agreement. Published in: IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook No. Med. 2010 (November 2010): pp. 232-236.

Abstract

The paper provides an overview of the potential social, economic and environmental impacts of an EU-Libya FTA as gauged by the EU-Libya Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA). The main potential benefits to both the EU and Libya from the proposed trade agreement come from closer cooperation in the energy sector rather than from the economy-wide effects of reducing trade barriers. The agreement may also have significant adverse effects that need to be taken into account.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: EU; EU-Libya FTA; Libya FTA; EU FTA; Libya; Libya trade agreement; EU-Libya trade agreement; Libya trade; SIA; Sustainability Impact Assessment; impact assessment; trade impact assessment; EU SIA; Trade; SIA; Prud'homme; Dan Prud'homme; Dan Prudhomme; Prudhomme; Prud'homme
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O24 - Trade Policy ; Factor Movement Policy ; Foreign Exchange Policy; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q56 - Environment and Development ; Environment and Trade ; Sustainability ; Environmental Accounts and Accounting ; Environmental Equity ; Population Growth; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F17 - Trade Forecasting and Simulation; D - Microeconomics > D5 - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium > D58 - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade

References

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Francois, J., Manchin, M. and Norberg, H. Annex 2 of “Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) of the EU-Libya Free Trade Agreement,” 2009.

Impact Assessment Research Centre. “Sustainability Impact Assessment of the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area.” University of Manchester, 2007. Available at: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/ doclib/docs/2008/february/tradoc_137777.pdf.