Should Nigeria join the European Union's Economic Partnership Agreement with the other ECOWAS states?

Should Nigeria join the European Union's Economic Partnership Agreement with the other ECOWAS states?

Author: 
Igechi, Gabriel Ozekhome
Place: 
Oxon
Publisher: 
Taylor & Francis Group
Date published: 
2021
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Journal Title: 
Review of African Political Economy
Source: 
Review of African Political Economy, Volume 48, Number 169, 2021, pp. 462-472
ISSN: 
03056244
Abstract: 

This debate piece explores the possible consequences for Nigeria in the event that she signs up to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union (EU) and the other Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member states. It argues that in a global firmament driven by economic conflict, the struggle for resources and realist economic nationalism - and with cut-throat competition as the norm in international political economy - it will amount to folly for the nation to embrace a partnership whose ramifications are at best murky. The author thus questions whether the EPA signed by ECOWAS with the EU will be favourable to the Nigerian people.

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CITATION: Igechi, Gabriel Ozekhome. Should Nigeria join the European Union's Economic Partnership Agreement with the other ECOWAS states? . Oxon : Taylor & Francis Group , 2021. Review of African Political Economy, Volume 48, Number 169, 2021, pp. 462-472 - Available at: https://library.au.int/should-nigeria-join-european-unions-economic-partnership-agreement-other-ecowas-states