Association / free trade agreement - bi-regional partnership between European Union and Andean Community

Publication Name
Revista de Derecho
Volume, number, page
n.32, pp. 218-245
Year of Publication
2009
Author(s)
SZEGEDY-MASZÁK Ildikó
Organization Name
Universidad del Norte
Publisher
Universidad del Norte
City
Barranquilla
Country of Publication
Colombia
Full Date
diciembre 2009
ISBN or ISSN
0121-8697
Considered Countries
Colombia
Peru
Ecuador
Bolivia
Estados Unidos
Category
Academic articles
Theme
BIREGIONAL RELATIONS UE - LAC
Agreements
Association Agreeements
Government
Keyword(s)
Foreign Policy
Biregional Co-operation
Andean Community
Biregional relationship
Biregionalism
European Union
Latin America
Economic Partnership Agreement
Free Trade Agreements
Economic integration policy
Economic integration
Regional economic integration
Abstract
This article discusses current European Union foreign policy developments and their application in Latin America including the possibility
of negotiating a bi-regional partnership agreement between the European Union and the Andean Community. The way from an Association
Agreement to a Free Trade Agreement is also analysed presenting the different viewpoints of the negotiating parties and possible ideological
differences. The Eurolatinamerican interregional space theory and its application in the bi-regional integration process are also presented.
In the conclusions concerns are expressed regarding the future of biregional partnership negotiations especially between integrations with
asymmetries.
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