Jan Orbie is a Professor at the Centre for EU Studies, Ghent University, Belgium. Gerrit Faber is Associate Professor of International Economics at the Utrecht University School of Economics, the Netherlands.

• List of illustrations Notes on the contributors Preface List of abbreviations PART I New dynamics in EU–ACP relations: the genesis of EPAs 1 EPAs between the EU and Africa: beyond free trade? Gerit Faber and Jan O rbie 2 From Cotonou to EPA light: a troubled negotiating process Ole Elgström 3 The EU’s insistence on reciprocal trade with the ACP group: economic interests in the driving seat? Gerit Faber and Jan O rbie PART II Spurring regional integration? 4 Export competitiveness and regional integration in Africa Paul Brenton , Mombert Hoppe and Richard Newfarmer 5 ACP development, integration and the capacities of transport infrastructure: the missing link Olumuyiwa B . Alaba 6 EPAs and integration in SSA Olufemi Babarinde and G erit Faber PART III The new trade agenda and deep integration 7 Services and investment in the EU–CARIFORUM EPA: innovation in rule-design and implications for Africa P iere Sauv é and Natasha Ward 8 The integration of migration issues in EPAs Tine Van C riekinge 9 To be or not to be: intellectual property provisions in the EPA negotiations Paul Kruger PART IV Aid and trade: squaring the circle 10 EPAs and the demise of the commodity protocols Alan Mathews 11 Development aid for EPAs Sanousi B ilal 12 . . . and never the twain shall meet? An institutionalist perspective of EU trade and development policies in the context of the EPA negotiations J es Pilegard PART V European foreign policy through EPAs 13 A human rights-based approach to the ACP–EU EPAs: issues and implications Karin Arts 14 Labour rights in EPAs: can the EU–CARIFORUM EPA be a guide? Bart Keremans and Myriam Martins G istelinck 15 Beyond purely commercial interests: the EU’s fisheries policy and sustainable development in Africa Maurizio Carbone 16 The missing link: EPAs, security and development interventions in Africa Gorm Rye Olsen PART VI Taking stock 17 Of potholes and roadblocks: the difficult path to development relevant EPAs Gerit Faber and Jan O rbie Index