After Brexit – Securing ACP Economic Interests

21st February 2017
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Paepard

17 February 2017. King’s College London. African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are expected to be among those most affected by Brexit since their trading relations with the UK for the last 40 years have largely been within the EU’s regulatory and institutional framework.

A research team from the Ramphal Institute examined Brexit’s implications for that group of countries, providing information and guidance that can help avoid or minimise negative consequences as well as identifying and capitalising on opportunities that might arise or be created.

The report was launched on 17 February. Participants took part in a discussion on the multi-tiered approach ACP countries will need to take to make sure that their short, medium and longer-term trade needs are not lost in the Brexit process.

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Programme details:

Programme Chair: H.E. Roy Mickey Joy, Permanent Representative of Vanuatu to the European Union, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
Call to order – Edwin Laurent, Director The Ramphal Institute
Welcome to King’s College London – Professor Funmi Olonisakin, Director, Africa Leadership Centre
His Excellency Dr Hailemichael Aberra Afework, Ambassador of Ethiopia, representing the President of the ACP Council of Ministers
Professor Kusha Haraksingh, Chairman, CARICOM Competition Commission
Dr Lorand Bartels, Specialist Advisor to the House of Commons Select Committee on International Trade
Feature Address: The Secretary General of the ACP, His Excellency Dr Patrick Gomes
Presentation to the ACP Secretary General of the After Brexit study by Patsy Robertson, Chair, The Ramphal Institute
Discussion
The Way Forward: Dr Paul Goodison, Senior Adviser The Ramphal Institute

Report details:
Authors: Edwin Laurent, SLC, CMG, OBE: Director of the Ramphal Institute
Lorand Bartels, PhD, Reader in International Law in the Faculty of Law and a Fellow of Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge
Paul Goodison, PhD, GDC Partners, Belgium
Paula Hippolyte, Consultant, ITID Consulting
Sindra Sharma, PhD, Lead Researcher, Ramphal Institute
Copies of the report Securing ACP Economic Interests Post-Brexit are available from www.ramphalinstitute.org

Source: PAEPARD FEED

After Brexit – Securing ACP Economic Interests

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