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Sustainable development or fish eat fish world? 'EU external trade policy' University of Portsmouth M.A. European Law and Policy Emilija Jurakic Contents 1. Introduction....................................................................................3 2. EU External Relations - overview..........................................................4 3. WTO..............................................................................................5 4. GATT, GATTS, TRIPS, TRIMS.............................................................6 5. Decision making process......................................................................9 6. Conclusions.....................................................................................10 7. Bibliography...................................................................................11 Introduction External trade policies of the European Union have a direct impact on the economic livelihoods of people living in poverty. The policies of the European Union matter for developing countries. They matter a great deal. With 36% of world GNP, 38% exports of the world market, 23% of the votes in the World Bank, 29% of the votes in the International Monetary Fund and largest collective number of votes as a regional grouping in the World Trade Organizations the EU emerging as a very important actor in the trade (and other) policy arias1. The EU has agreements with more than 120 countries, and many multilateral agreements. Around 130 countries have diplomatic relations with EU itself, as distinct from the Member States....

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