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Although not a new phenomenon, migration flows from Central America, in particular from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras (also called the Northern Triangle of Central America, NTCA), have grown exponentially since 2014, with a considerable increase in the number of adults and a huge one in the number of unaccompanied minors crossing the borders. And the ‘caravan’ of Central American migrants that has recently reached Mexico on its way to the US border has again turned public and media attention ...

The EU-Central America Association Agreement was signed in June 2012 and its trade pillar has been provisionally in force since December 2013. This evaluation assesses specifically the implementation of the trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapter of the trade pillar of this agreement during the five years of its operation. After briefly outlining the trade interests of this agreement, this study situates sustainable development by explaining its legal foundations in the Association Agreement ...

Globally, anti-trade sentiment is on the rise, meaning it is incumbent upon policymakers to explore and explain the benefits of free and open trade. This study examines the costs and benefits of various free trade agreements (FTAs) that the EU has completed, will complete, or is contemplating. With regard to completed FTAs, the EU has seen benefits in terms of consumer choice but has a much larger and positive impact on its partners (although not as much as ex-ante modelling would suggest). For forthcoming ...

Zusammengenommen sind die 33 Länder der Gemeinschaft der Lateinamerikanischen und Karibischen Staaten (CELAC) der fünftgrößte Handelspartner der EU. Zum Thema Handel hat die EU vollwertige Abkommen mit zwei lateinamerikanischen Staatengruppen (Cariforum und Zentralamerikagruppe), ein multilaterales Handelsabkommen mit drei Staaten der Andengemeinschaft (Kolumbien, Ecuador und Peru) und Abkommen mit Mexiko und Chile geschlossen, die derzeit modernisiert werden. Die langjährigen Verhandlungen der EU ...

Die Handelsbeziehungen zwischen der EU und den Ländern Lateinamerikas sind in den letzten Jahren wie¬der in das Rampenlicht gerückt. Zusammengenommen sind die Länder der Gemeinschaft der Latein¬ameri¬kanischen und Karibischen Staaten (CELAC) der fünft¬größte Handelspartner der EU. Die EU hat mit zwei lateinamerikanischen Staatengruppen (Cariforum und Zentralamerikagruppe) und vier anderen lateinameri-kanischen Ländern (Mexiko, Chile, Peru und Kolum-bien) Abkommen geschlossen. Die zwischen der EU ...

The EU Central America Association Agreement is an example of the successful completion of a region-to-region agreement and therefore in line with the EU’s aim of promoting regional integration in other regions through trade and association agreements. For the EU, economic welfare gains and employment effects from the trade chapter of the Agreement are because of the relative small size of the Central American market expected to be negligible. However, EU exporters will benefit from lower tariffs ...

Political dialogue is today considered to be the European Union’s most important instrument for external action. It entails dialogue on equal terms that recognises the different situations of the parties involved and uses cooperation as a common working method.