EU Integration with North Africa

Trade Negotiations and Democracy Deficits in Morocco

Carl Dawson

• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9781845117849
• eBook ISBN: 9780857712448
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Political Economy
• Index: Economics

Trade between the European Union and North Africa has been a contentious issue since the Treaty of Rome. Serious diplomatic attempts to broker a resolution resulted in the Association Agreement between Morocco and the EU in 1995, after protracted negotiations over three years. Here Dawson analyses the process by which a sub-optimal agreement was ratified - unfavourable to Morocco, some member states of the EU and also wider EU economic objectives for North Africa. He draws on a rich vein of testimony from key players to show how democracy deficits in Morocco and excessive pressure group influence in the EU led to skewed negotiations. An insightful analysis of the trade negotiation process, EU Integration with North Africa elucidates the underpinnings of the global economic order; it will be valuable for those concerned with international relations, globalisation and the EU, especially North Africa.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Reflections on Trade Liberalization between Morocco and the European Union
• 2. A Brief Analysis of Negotiation
• 3. A Recent History of Relations between the Maghreb and the European Union
• 4. A Recent History of Relations between Morocco and the European Union
• 5. Identifying the Moroccan Elites
• 6. Testimony from key Stakeholders in Negotiations for the Morocco/European Union Association and Free Trade Agreement of 1995
• 7. The Politics of the Lowest Common Denominator in Europe and Democracy Deficits in the Maghreb
• 8. Participation: A key to Successful Partnership
• Appendix 1: The Questionnaires
• Appendix 2: The Association Agreement [abridged]
• Bibliography
• Index