Chapter 29

Instructions

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Question 1

True or false: By 2000, both the US and the EU had a record of trade disputes which left them able to levy WTO sanctions on each other.

a) True

b) False

Question 2

What is the role of the Article 133 Committee?

a) To negotiate trade agreements on behalf of the EU

b) To monitor Commission trade negotiation positions

c) To advise the Commission on trade deal infringements

d) To draft the framework of new trade agreements

Question 3

True or false: The Commission has successfully extended its competence in trade negotiations to include trade in services and intellectual property.

a) True

b) False

Question 4

What are the levels of 'three level game' of EU trade negotiations?

a) Within member states, among member states and between the EU and its trading partners

b) Among member states, between the Commission and Council and between the EU and its trading partners

c) Among member states, between the Commission and Council and between the Commission and European Court of Justice

d) Between member states and the EU's trading partners, the Commission and the EU's trading partners and national interest groups and the EU's trading partners

Question 5

What were the Europe Agreements?

a) A series of deals on agricultural trade between the US and EU

b) Agreements on trade in services between the EU, China and the US

c) Bilateral trade agreements between European member states and their former colonies

d) Agreements that offer trade concession to the countries of east and central Europe

Question 6

What is the European Economic Area (EEA)?

a) An extension of the single market to the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) states

b) Preferential trade agreements with applicant countries

c) The zone covering states that have signed Europe agreements

d) The zone covering states that have signed technical co-operation agreements with the EU

Question 7

What did the EuroMed agreements consist of?

a) Reciprocal trade deals

b) Aid

c) Loans

d) All of the above

Question 8

True or false: The European Neighbourhood Policy covers states that are in line for EU membership.

a) True

b) False

Question 9

What is the Lomé Convention?

a) A trade agreement between the EU and the Maghreb states

b) Reciprocal trade agreements between the EU and its former colonies

c) Trade and aid package between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific States

d) Preferential trade agreements concluded between the EU and France's former colonies

Question 10

How did the Cotonou Agreement differ from the Lomé Convention?

a) The Cotonou Agreement reduced the number of products covered by trade agreements

b) The Cotonou Agreement was an identical agreement apart from the fact that it needed renewal every five years

c) The Cotonou Agreement included human rights provisions while the Lomé Convention did not

d) The Cotonou Agreement introduced reciprocal trade agreements

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