The European Union and Central America:

* A previous version of this paper, ‘A biregional agreement between the EU and Central America? Negotiating an Association Agreement’, was presented in the GARNET conference “The European Union in International Affairs ” Brussels, 24-26 April 2008. Special thanks go to Sebastian Santander for his insightful comments; to Fredrik Söderbaum for stressing key points and to Andrés Malamud for his invaluable guidance and comments. Equally instrumental were the lectures and informal conversations emerged during the First Summer Academy on Regional Integration offered by th