The EEC and the Mediterranean Countries

This symposium seeks to redress the balance by examining systematically the whole nexus of economic relations which links the countries of the Mediterranean area with the EEC.

Avi Shlaim (Edited by), G. N. Yannopoulos (Edited by)

9780521088947, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 October 2008

364 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.53 kg

It has become fashionable to depict the EEC as a protectionist, 'inward-looking' rich men's club and to dismiss its trade and aid policies as a subtle form of neo-colonialist exploitation. But less attention has been paid to the precise impact which trade relations with the EEC have had on the Community's associates. This symposium seeks to redress the balance by examining systematically the whole nexus of economic relations which links the countries of the Mediterranean area with the EEC. The community's policies and particularly the so-called 'global approach' and the dependence of the Nine on migrant labour are examined. But the main emphasis is on the impact which this relationship has on the economic development of the Mediterranean countries themselves. Consequently, the books sheds light on a question which has received scant attention in the literature on international trade, namely, what are the effects of association and trade preference agreements between countries which are at different stages of their economic development?

1. Introduction Avi Shlaim and G. N. Yannopoulos
Part I. General Aspects: 2. Some measures of the economic effects of Common Market Trade Preferences for the Mediterranean Countries Matthew McQueen
3. US trade interests and the EEC Mediterranean policy Mordechai E. Kreinin
4. The effects of EEC preferences to associated states on trade flows Dietrich Kebschull
Part II. Special Aspects: 5. The common agricultural policy and the Mediterranean countries J. S. Marsh
6. Migrant labour and economic growth: the post-war experience of the EEC countries George N. Yannopoulos
Part III. Country Studies: 7. Greece's association with the European Community: an evaluation of the first ten years G. J. Kalamotousakis
8. The EEC and Turkey: an analysis of the association agreement and its impact on Turkish economic development John N. Bridge
9. Development of the Maghreb and its relations with the EEC Roberto Aliboni
10. Trade agreements beween the EEC and the Arab countries of the eastern Mediterranean and Cyprus George V. Vassiliou
11. The economic integration of Spain with the EEC: problems and prospects Juergen B. Donges
12. The EEC and Israel Sergio Minerbi
Part IV. The Global Context: 13. Commercial relations between the EEC and the Mediterranean countries: an analysis of recent trends in trade flows Gian-Paolo Papa and Jean Petit-Laurent
14. Mediterranean policy in the context of the external relations of the European community 1958-73 Stanley Henig
15. The European community's Mediterranean policy in a world context David Robertson.

Subject Areas: Economics [KC]