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SUMMARY:The European Union: Well-Meaning Partner or Selfish Superpower? - 
 Brandon Miller-De-La-Cuesta
DTSTART:20090519T121500Z
DTEND:20090519T130000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Moritz Baumstark
DESCRIPTION:Many African countries are now negotiating new economic partne
 rship agreements with the European Union since the expiration of the Coton
 ou Agreement in 2000. Non-governmental organizations and many African lead
 ers have condemned the agreements as deeply unfair\, and criticized the EU
  for its heavy-handed negotiating tactics. But EU officials insist that th
 ey are committed to a ‘development-friendly’ agreement and that they h
 ave been generous in their concessions. Using Jagdish Bhagwati’s idea of
  the ‘selfish hegemon’\, this lunchtime seminar discusses how to best 
 understand EU negotiating strategy: does it have Africa’s best interest 
 at heart\, or is the EU shrewdly pursuing its own narrow agenda? Can the E
 U help Africa and help itself at the same time\, or are the two mutually e
 xclusive? Taking a bird’s-eye view of the negotiations so far\, I highli
 ght evidence that suggests both\, and try to reconcile the two with a more
  nuanced appreciation of what is at stake\, both for the EU and for Africa
 \, in the economic partnership agreements.
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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