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The US forced the EU to liberalize the Lomé Conventions, but the EU fired back with the EPAs, characterized by supposedly free market policies but which in reality yokes the ACP countries trade to the EU and excludes the US.
Intro -- European Bloc Imperialism -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One: Outline of European Bloc Imperialism -- Introduction -- Problematic and Method -- European Trade and Theories of Imperialism -- European Trade -- Theories of Imperialism -- Ten Theses on the Characteristic Features of European Bloc Imperialism -- Structure of Arguments -- Chapter Two: Hemispheric Settings for European Bloc Imperialism -- Introduction -- Transition from Colonialism to New American Century Doctrine -- The Transition from Colonies to Independent States -- The Passage of Hegemonic Power from the UK to the US -- Cold War Politics -- The Caribbean in the US Sphere of Influence -- The New American Century Doctrine -- Political Dynamics and Militarization -- The Powerlessness of Poor States? -- Caribbean Tradition of Rebellion -- The Caribbean: From US Back Yard to Its Front Door -- US Democracy Machinations and Militarization Threat -- Authoritarianism in the Service of Imperialism -- Politics in the Caribbean -- "The Survival of Liberty" in the US -- The Subversion of Democracy in Haiti -- US Forced Caribbean Community to Back Off from Its Principled Stand on Haiti -- US Neoconservative Terrorist Threat to Democracy in Latin America -- The Overthrow and Reinstatement of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela -- Further Challenges to Democracy in Latin America and the Caricom -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three: The Anatomy of Two Imperialist Regimes -- Introduction -- Structural Adjustment and Economic Partnership Agreement -- Objectives of Two Imperialist Regimes - SAPs and EPAs -- The ERP and EPA: Imperialist Economic Regimes -- The "Global Europe" Doctrine -- Global Europe Versus US-Led Globalization -- Chapter Four: The Rise of European and ACP Blocs and US Hegemony -- Introduction -- Some Theoretical Considerations -- Regional Blocs.