The Author: Mareike Meyn was born in 1973 in Lüneburg. She studied economics and socio-economics in Hamburg (1995-2000). From 2002 to 2005 she worked as a research fellow at the Institute for World Economics and International Management (IWIM) at the University of Bremen. She has written various publications, conducted research and spent significant periods of time in the SACU region since first visiting Namibia in 1998.

• Contents: The Southern African Customs Union (SACU), (motivation for regional integration, distribution of gains and losses, external relations) – SACU - EU trade relations: from unilateral preferences to reciprocal trade – The contribution of free trade agreements to industrialisation, regional integration and economic development in the SACU countries – Cases of successful industrial policy and the contribution of EU free trade agreements: evidence from the South African automotive industry and the Namibian fishing industry – Trade capacity building in the SACU countries and its relevance for development oriented trade relations with the EU.

The Author: Mareike Meyn was born in 1973 in Lüneburg. She studied economics and socio-economics in Hamburg (1995-2000). From 2002 to 2005 she worked as a research fellow at the Institute for World Economics and International Management (IWIM) at the University of Bremen. She has written various publications, conducted research and spent significant periods of time in the SACU region since first visiting Namibia in 1998.

• Contents: The Southern African Customs Union (SACU), (motivation for regional integration, distribution of gains and losses, external relations) – SACU - EU trade relations: from unilateral preferences to reciprocal trade – The contribution of free trade agreements to industrialisation, regional integration and economic development in the SACU countries – Cases of successful industrial policy and the contribution of EU free trade agreements: evidence from the South African automotive industry and the Namibian fishing industry – Trade capacity building in the SACU countries and its relevance for development oriented trade relations with the EU.

The Author: Mareike Meyn was born in 1973 in Lüneburg. She studied economics and socio-economics in Hamburg (1995-2000). From 2002 to 2005 she worked as a research fellow at the Institute for World Economics and International Management (IWIM) at the University of Bremen. She has written various publications, conducted research and spent significant periods of time in the SACU region since first visiting Namibia in 1998.

• Contents: The Southern African Customs Union (SACU), (motivation for regional integration, distribution of gains and losses, external relations) – SACU - EU trade relations: from unilateral preferences to reciprocal trade – The contribution of free trade agreements to industrialisation, regional integration and economic development in the SACU countries – Cases of successful industrial policy and the contribution of EU free trade agreements: evidence from the South African automotive industry and the Namibian fishing industry – Trade capacity building in the SACU countries and its relevance for development oriented trade relations with the EU.