BOTSWANA PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

Course description

 

This course provides an in-depth overlook of the EU’s role and efforts to foster global trade while considering its own Development Cooperation Policy towards the least developed countries. It includes:

 

The EU’s role in global trade

• The EU as the largest exporter and the 2nd largest importer in the world

• The EU as the world’s biggest provider of development aid

• External relations and international organisations

 

Stages of economic integration

• Preferential trading area, free trade area

• Customs union, single market

• Economic and monetary union, complete integration

 

Working mechanism of the European Trade Policy

• From agriculture to trade in services and foreign direct investments

• Scope of EU commercial agreements

• Decision-making & role of the European Commission in the common commercial policy

 

Trade agreements

• The EU’s exclusive competence in the field of trade

• Bilateral trade agreements (ACPs, AAs, Barcelona Process, others)

• Multilateral agreements (WTO and others)

 

EU trade policy & development

• Generalised system of preferences (GSP)

• Everything but arms

• Economic Partnership Agreements