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Author: Europarl8
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English[en]
The Cotonou Agreement is not groundbreaking. It perpetuates and accentuates the transition towards liberalisation initiated by Lomé IV and continued by the international institutions: that is, the liberalisation of trade, coupled with the withdrawal of the non-reciprocal trade system, as well as Stabex and Sysmin, in favour of the future trade regime which is likely to take the form of Regional Economic Partnership Agreements (REPS) that are compatible with WTO rules.
Spanish[es]
El Acuerdo de Cotonú no es innovador, sino que prosigue y acentúa el viraje hacia la liberalización iniciado con Lomé IV y prorrogado por las instituciones internacionales: liberalización comercial, con el abandono del sistema de intercambios no recíprocos, así como de Stabex y de Sysmin, en beneficio del futuro régimen comercial, que probablemente será definido basándose en AAER compatibles con las normas de la OMC.