Abstract

SZEGEDY-MASZAK, Ildikó. ASSOCIATION / FREE TRADE AGREEMENT - BI-REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN EUROPEAN UNION AND ANDEAN COMMUNITY. Rev. Derecho [online]. 2009, n.32, pp. 218-245. ISSN 0121-8697.

This article discusses current European Union foreign policy developments and their application in Latin America including the possibility of negotiating a bi-regional partnership agreement between the European Union and the Andean Community. The way from an Association Agreement to a Free Trade Agreement is also analysed presenting the different viewpoints of the negotiating parties and possible ideological differences. The Eurolatinamerican interregional space theory and its application in the bi-regional integration process are also presented. In the conclusions concerns are expressed regarding the future of bi-regional partnership negotiations especially between integrations with asymmetries.

Keywords : European Union foreign policy; Andean Community; bi-regional partnership agreement; Eurolatinamerican interregional space; asymmetries.