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The European Union and Multilateral Trade Governance : the Politics of the Doha Round.
What role does the EU play in WTO trade negotiations? What are the implications for the EU of the expansion of the international trade agenda that has taken place in the last fifteen years? The European Union and Multilateral Trade Governance examines the EU's role in global economic governance...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2012.
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| Colección: | Routledge/Garnet Series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The European Union and Multilateral Trade Governance; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; The new trade politics; The argument: trade policies determine trade politics; Why investigate the European Union?; Case selection and methodology; Structure of the book; 1. Making sense of multiple trade politics; The dependent variable: integrating the 'whom' and the 'how' of the trade politics; Explaining variation across types; Preliminary snapshot of case-studies; 2. Pressure politics in agricultural negotiations.
- The political economy of agricultural negotiationsThe vulnerability of the EU's agricultural sectors; The first phase of negotiations: a dynamic defense of the status quo; Domestic reform: changing everything to change nothing; The second phase of negotiations: something in exchange for the new status quo?; Alternative explanations; Concluding remarks; 3. Deliberative politics in trade-and-competition negotiations; The political economy of trade-and-competition; Approaching the Doha Round: understanding the preference for a binding WTO agreement.
- From Doha to Cancùn: a reality check on EU ambitionsAlternative explanations; Concluding remarks; 4. Civil politics in trade-and-environment negotiations; The political economy of trade-and-environment; The EU's early approach to trade-and-environment: from paying lip service to active support for a greener WTO; Approaching the Doha Round: explaining the EU's sudden environmental activism; The Doha compromise: a temporary halt on EU ambitions; After Doha: bringing trade-and-environment in from the back door?; Alternative explanations; Concluding remarks.
- 5. Executive politics in technical assistance and capacity building negotiationsThe political economy of TACB; An overview of negotiations and EU offers; Donor-driven priorities; The timing of proposals and the amount of resources; Alternative explanations; Concluding remarks; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.