The Effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements On the Acp Countries’ Foreign Trade

  • Jean-Claude KOULADOUM Universite de Sarh
  • Issac Danadji Higher Teacher Training College of N’Djamena
Keywords: Economic Partnership, Agreements, Countries’ Foreign Trade

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to measure the impact of the 2008 Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific on the bilateral creation of trade. To achieve this goal, the gravity model seems to be the most suitable. It has been associated with this model the econometric tool that is the panel data estimation technique. The databases used are from secondary sources and come from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Center for Prospective Studies and International Information (CEPII). The analysis period is from 2000 to 2016. The results show that the Economic Partnership Agreement has a positive and significant effect on trade between the two economic blocks even after controlling the variable of interest by other variables.

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Published
2021-06-29
How to Cite
KOULADOUM, J.-C., & Danadji , I. (2021). The Effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements On the Acp Countries’ Foreign Trade. Review of Applied Socio-Economic Research, 21(1), 5-15. Retrieved from https://www.reaser.eu/ojs/ojs-3.1.2-1/index.php/REASER/article/view/65