Mark Langan is a senior lecturer in International Politics at Newcastle University, UK. His research examines the intersection of global trade and international development. He is particularly interested in EU trade and development co-operation with the African, Caribbean and Pacific states, and studies of moral political economy.

Sophia Price is head of Politics and International Relations at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Her research focuses on feminist political economy, pro-poor development strategies, and the external relations of the European Union, particularly its trade and aid relations with the Africa, Pacific and Caribbean Group of States.