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Handbook on the EU and International Trade
The Handbook on the EU and International Trade presents a multidisciplinary overview of the major perspectives, actors and issues in contemporary EU trade relations. Changes in institutional dynamics, Brexit, the politicisation of trade, competing foreign policy agendas, and adaptation to trade patterns of value chains and the digital and knowledge economy are reshaping the European Union''s trade policy. The authors tackle how these challenges frame the aims, processes and effectiveness of trade policy making in the context of the EU''s trade relations with developed, developing and emerging states in the global economy.
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The legal, political and economic rationales that underpin trade policy are reflected in the establishment and implementation of EU trade relations with the rest of the world. This comprehensive Handbook provides readers with a multidisciplinary overview of the major perspectives, actors and challenges in contemporary EU trade relations.
Changes in institutional dynamics, Brexit, the politicisation of trade, competing foreign policy agendas, and adaptation to trade patterns of value chains and the digital and knowledge economy are reshaping the EU trade policy. The authors tackle how these challenges frame the aims, processes and effectiveness of trade policy-making in the context of EU trade relations with developed, developing and emerging states in the global economy.
This Handbook presents students and practitioners with an accessible introduction to the policy processes in EU trade policy. Policy-makers, especially those outside of the EU, will also gain key knowledge regarding the trade policies of the EU by reading this.
Changes in institutional dynamics, Brexit, the politicisation of trade, competing foreign policy agendas, and adaptation to trade patterns of value chains and the digital and knowledge economy are reshaping the EU trade policy. The authors tackle how these challenges frame the aims, processes and effectiveness of trade policy-making in the context of EU trade relations with developed, developing and emerging states in the global economy.
This Handbook presents students and practitioners with an accessible introduction to the policy processes in EU trade policy. Policy-makers, especially those outside of the EU, will also gain key knowledge regarding the trade policies of the EU by reading this.
Critical Acclaim
‘This Handbook is packed full of genuinely useful information. It covers all of the basics – with excellent chapters on the role of EU institutions, for example – and much more besides. EU trade policy has never been more complex or contested and this collection unpacks the issues in a clear and engaging way. Obligatory reading for anyone trying to understand EU trade.’
– Annmarie Elijah, Australian National University
– Annmarie Elijah, Australian National University
Contributors
Contributors: J. Adriaensen, L. Choukroune, P. De Lombaerde, F. De Ville, M. Eagleton-Pierce, J. Eckhardt, M. Filadoro, C. Gammage, M.J. García, T. Heron, W.A. Kerr, S. Khorana, L. Kühnhardt, D. Martens, P. Murray-Evans, L. Nilsson, J. Orbie, L. Perdikis, N. Perdikis, G. Rósen, M. Shu, G. Siles-Brügge, A. Smith, M. Smith, N.R. Smith, L. Van den Putte, S. Velluti, W.G. Voss
Contents
Contents:
Introduction
PART I INTRODUCTION TO EU TRADE POLICY FROM A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE
1. The Establishment and Development of the European Union and its Trade Policy
Nicholas Perdikis and Laurie Perdikis
2. EU International Relations Law: the Power to Conclude International Trade Agreement
Clair Gammage
3. EU Trade Policy from a Political Perspective
María J. García
PART II ACTORS IN EU TRADE POLICY
4. The European Commission’s Role in Trade Policy
Lars Nilsson
5. The Council: Between European Legislator and National Executive
Johan Adriaensen
6. The European Parliament
Guri Rosén
7. EU Trade Policy and Civil Society
Matthew Eagleton-Pierce
8. Business-Government Relations in EU Trade Politics
Jappe Eckhardt
PART III EU TRADE POLICY IN PRACTICE
9. Trade Policy and Foreign Policy in the European Union
Michael Smith
10. The EU’s Foreign Trade Policy Towards its Eastern Frontier: Assessing its Triangular Trade Relationship with Ukraine and Russia in the Context of the Ukraine Crisis
Nicholas Ross Smith
11. The EU and Africa: Trade, Development and the Politics of Inter-regionalism
Tony Heron and Peg Murray-Evans
12. The Promotion of Social Trade by the European Union in its External Trade Relations
Lore Van den Putte and Samantha Velluti
13. The role of ideas in legitimating EU trade policy: from the Single Market Programme to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Ferdi De Ville and Gabriel Siles-Brügge
14. Re-shaping Global Borders: EU Trade Policy and the Interregional Preference
Philippe De Lombaerde, Ludger Kühnhardt and Mario Filadoro
15. The European Union and Fair Trade: Hands-Off?
Deborah Martens and Jan Orbie
16. European Union Trade Agreements and Global Value Chains
Adrian Smith
17. Trade, Competitiveness and the China Factor
Min Shu
18. EU and Developing Asia Trade Dispute Settlement: Assertive Legalism for Political Autonomy
Leïla Choukroune
19. Building a Special Place in Europe-Asia Trade: EU-Singapore Commercial Relations
William A. Kerr
20. Singapore Issues
William A. Kerr
21. The Digital Single Market: Move from Traditional to Digital?
Sangeeta Khorana and W. Gregory Voss
Index
Introduction
PART I INTRODUCTION TO EU TRADE POLICY FROM A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE
1. The Establishment and Development of the European Union and its Trade Policy
Nicholas Perdikis and Laurie Perdikis
2. EU International Relations Law: the Power to Conclude International Trade Agreement
Clair Gammage
3. EU Trade Policy from a Political Perspective
María J. García
PART II ACTORS IN EU TRADE POLICY
4. The European Commission’s Role in Trade Policy
Lars Nilsson
5. The Council: Between European Legislator and National Executive
Johan Adriaensen
6. The European Parliament
Guri Rosén
7. EU Trade Policy and Civil Society
Matthew Eagleton-Pierce
8. Business-Government Relations in EU Trade Politics
Jappe Eckhardt
PART III EU TRADE POLICY IN PRACTICE
9. Trade Policy and Foreign Policy in the European Union
Michael Smith
10. The EU’s Foreign Trade Policy Towards its Eastern Frontier: Assessing its Triangular Trade Relationship with Ukraine and Russia in the Context of the Ukraine Crisis
Nicholas Ross Smith
11. The EU and Africa: Trade, Development and the Politics of Inter-regionalism
Tony Heron and Peg Murray-Evans
12. The Promotion of Social Trade by the European Union in its External Trade Relations
Lore Van den Putte and Samantha Velluti
13. The role of ideas in legitimating EU trade policy: from the Single Market Programme to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Ferdi De Ville and Gabriel Siles-Brügge
14. Re-shaping Global Borders: EU Trade Policy and the Interregional Preference
Philippe De Lombaerde, Ludger Kühnhardt and Mario Filadoro
15. The European Union and Fair Trade: Hands-Off?
Deborah Martens and Jan Orbie
16. European Union Trade Agreements and Global Value Chains
Adrian Smith
17. Trade, Competitiveness and the China Factor
Min Shu
18. EU and Developing Asia Trade Dispute Settlement: Assertive Legalism for Political Autonomy
Leïla Choukroune
19. Building a Special Place in Europe-Asia Trade: EU-Singapore Commercial Relations
William A. Kerr
20. Singapore Issues
William A. Kerr
21. The Digital Single Market: Move from Traditional to Digital?
Sangeeta Khorana and W. Gregory Voss
Index
