1- Introduction to the EU Association and Trade Agreements.
2- EU Relations with their strategic partners:
United States: future Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Canada: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
South Korea: FTA
India: Strategic Partnership
China: Agreement on Trade and Cooperation
3- EU Agreements with America
Mexico (Economic Association Agreement)
Andean Countries
FTA with Colombia and Peru
Trade Agreement (provisionally applied) with Ecuador
Economic Association Agreements with Central America, the CARIFORUM and Chile
MERCOSUR (not in force)
4- EU Agreements with other European Countries:
European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) (European Economic Area)
EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
Stabilization and Association Agreements with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia
Association Agreements with Georgia and Moldova
Deep and Comprehensive Free-Trade Area with Ukraine
Trade Agreement with the Faroe Islands
Collaboration and Cooperation Agreements with Armenia and Azerbaijan
Customs Union with Andorra, San Marino and Turkey
5- EU Agreements with the Asian Countries:
Association Agreement with the ASEAN
Trade Agreements with Singapore and Vietnam (in negotiation)
Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Kazakhstan
Provisional Association Agreements with Papua New Guinea and Fiji
6- EU Agreements with the Arab Countries:
Cooperation Agreement with the GCC
Association Agreements with Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria
Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Iraq
7- EU Agreements with the African countries:
Strategic Partnership European Union-Africa
Agadir Agreement
Economic Association Agreements with Algeria, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Cameroon, Ghana (pending)
Economic Association Agreements under negotiation with the countries of the ECOWAS and the WAEMU (West Africa)
Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement with South Africa
Economic Association Agreements with Cameroon and the East African Community (in negotiation)
Economic Association Agreements (provisionally applied)
with Ghana and the SADC
Economic Association Agreements with Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zimbabwe
8- Tools for the exporters and importers:
The EU Export Helpdesk: The EU export/import tariffs with the developing countries
Market Access Database for the European exports to the third countries
Objectives:
To know the pillars and objectives of the EU trade agreements
To analyze the different types of EU Agreements: Economic Association Agreements, Trade Agreements, Free-Trade Areas, customs unions and autonomous trade regimes
To know how to apply the rules of origin of the different trade agreements
To analyze the agreements with the strategic partners of the EU: the U.S., Canada, China, India and South Korea
To analyze the EU Free Trade Agreements with America, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Arab countries
To know the Market Access Database and EU Export Helpdesk of the EU
Samples of the adaptation to EU students (Bachelor of Science in International Trade, e-learning, fourth semester, second year):