Sophie Meunier and Kalypso Nicolaïdis
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198297574
- eISBN:
- 9780191598982
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198297572.003.0016
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union
This chapter argues that the policy equilibrium established by the Treaty is unlikely to be sustainable due to several challenges. These are the relaunching of multilateral trade negotiations under ...
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This chapter argues that the policy equilibrium established by the Treaty is unlikely to be sustainable due to several challenges. These are the relaunching of multilateral trade negotiations under the World Trade Organisation, the Eastward enlargement of the EU, and the proliferation of bilateral and plurilateral agreements between the EU and its trading partners. Existing policy mechanisms that should be replaced are discussed.Less
This chapter argues that the policy equilibrium established by the Treaty is unlikely to be sustainable due to several challenges. These are the relaunching of multilateral trade negotiations under the World Trade Organisation, the Eastward enlargement of the EU, and the proliferation of bilateral and plurilateral agreements between the EU and its trading partners. Existing policy mechanisms that should be replaced are discussed.
Loukas Tsoukalis
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780199279487
- eISBN:
- 9780191602979
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199279489.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union
This chapter examines the relationships of the European Union with the United States and the rest of the world, focusing on trade policies, preferential trade agreements with various countries, and ...
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This chapter examines the relationships of the European Union with the United States and the rest of the world, focusing on trade policies, preferential trade agreements with various countries, and common foreign and security policy (CFSP). It argues that the EU remains a political dwarf despite being an economic giant. European political cooperation in the form of the CFSP was aimed at paving the transition to an international political role. However, many Europeans were not ready to accept the consequences for national sovereignty, and failed to agree on how the CFSP would operate in the context of the Atlantic alliance. Deepening integration and rapid changes in the external environment could accelerate the pace.Less
This chapter examines the relationships of the European Union with the United States and the rest of the world, focusing on trade policies, preferential trade agreements with various countries, and common foreign and security policy (CFSP). It argues that the EU remains a political dwarf despite being an economic giant. European political cooperation in the form of the CFSP was aimed at paving the transition to an international political role. However, many Europeans were not ready to accept the consequences for national sovereignty, and failed to agree on how the CFSP would operate in the context of the Atlantic alliance. Deepening integration and rapid changes in the external environment could accelerate the pace.
Mark A. Pollack
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780199251179
- eISBN:
- 9780191600111
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199251177.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union
The ability of supranational agents such as the European Commission and Court of Justice to influence policy outcomes in the European Union varies as a function of the control mechanisms established ...
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The ability of supranational agents such as the European Commission and Court of Justice to influence policy outcomes in the European Union varies as a function of the control mechanisms established by member governments to limit supranational discretion. Examines three cases of market liberalization representing a range of control mechanisms, in the areas of external trade (negotiation of the Uruguay Round), competition policy (the De Havilland merger decision) and the free movement of goods within the Union (ECJ jurisprudence from Cassis de Dijon through Keck). Taken together, these three case studies suggest that the Commission and the Court have indeed been activist in their mission to establish a single European market, but also that their successes have been limited as a function of the control mechanisms established by member governments to control their discretion.Less
The ability of supranational agents such as the European Commission and Court of Justice to influence policy outcomes in the European Union varies as a function of the control mechanisms established by member governments to limit supranational discretion. Examines three cases of market liberalization representing a range of control mechanisms, in the areas of external trade (negotiation of the Uruguay Round), competition policy (the De Havilland merger decision) and the free movement of goods within the Union (ECJ jurisprudence from Cassis de Dijon through Keck). Taken together, these three case studies suggest that the Commission and the Court have indeed been activist in their mission to establish a single European market, but also that their successes have been limited as a function of the control mechanisms established by member governments to control their discretion.
Andreas Dür
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199604104
- eISBN:
- 9780191741531
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199604104.003.0012
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union
The last two decades have seen a major expansion in the scope of the European Union’s foreign economic policies. Repeatedly, EU member states both formally and informally have delegated significant ...
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The last two decades have seen a major expansion in the scope of the European Union’s foreign economic policies. Repeatedly, EU member states both formally and informally have delegated significant powers to carry out these policies to the European Commission and other agents at the European level. What consequences does this delegation of competencies to European institutions have for the control that member states can exert over EU foreign economic policies? A sizeable literature suggests that delegation has led to a loss of control by member states. This chapter, however, argues that member states have maintained control over EU foreign economic policies even in the presence of far-reaching delegation. This is so because delegation has been accompanied by control mechanisms that make sure that the agents’ scope for autonomous action is tightly circumscribed. The chapter illustrates the plausibility of this argument in an analysis of the main changes in the EU’s institutional set-up for foreign economic policy-making from the Treaties of Rome to the Treaty of Lisbon.Less
The last two decades have seen a major expansion in the scope of the European Union’s foreign economic policies. Repeatedly, EU member states both formally and informally have delegated significant powers to carry out these policies to the European Commission and other agents at the European level. What consequences does this delegation of competencies to European institutions have for the control that member states can exert over EU foreign economic policies? A sizeable literature suggests that delegation has led to a loss of control by member states. This chapter, however, argues that member states have maintained control over EU foreign economic policies even in the presence of far-reaching delegation. This is so because delegation has been accompanied by control mechanisms that make sure that the agents’ scope for autonomous action is tightly circumscribed. The chapter illustrates the plausibility of this argument in an analysis of the main changes in the EU’s institutional set-up for foreign economic policy-making from the Treaties of Rome to the Treaty of Lisbon.
Alasdair R. Young and John Peterson
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199579907
- eISBN:
- 9780191778728
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199579907.003.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union
This chapter introduces the volume’s argument and establishes the significance of its subject. In particular, it sets out how important the EU is in international trade and global trade governance ...
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This chapter introduces the volume’s argument and establishes the significance of its subject. In particular, it sets out how important the EU is in international trade and global trade governance and how important trade policy is to the EU as a constitutive policy, source of legitimacy, and instrument of foreign policy. It also sets out some unresolved tensions regarding the EU’s trade policy—Is it liberal or protectionist? Is it a champion of multilateral rules or a scofflaw?—and contends that a policy sub-system approach helps to resolves these apparent tensions.Less
This chapter introduces the volume’s argument and establishes the significance of its subject. In particular, it sets out how important the EU is in international trade and global trade governance and how important trade policy is to the EU as a constitutive policy, source of legitimacy, and instrument of foreign policy. It also sets out some unresolved tensions regarding the EU’s trade policy—Is it liberal or protectionist? Is it a champion of multilateral rules or a scofflaw?—and contends that a policy sub-system approach helps to resolves these apparent tensions.
Alasdair R. Young and John Peterson
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199579907
- eISBN:
- 9780191778728
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199579907.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union
Europe’s trade policies matter in global politics. Despite the recent focus on Brazil, India, and particularly China, the European Union remains the world’s largest market and trader. Despite its ...
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Europe’s trade policies matter in global politics. Despite the recent focus on Brazil, India, and particularly China, the European Union remains the world’s largest market and trader. Despite its recent economic troubles, Europe remains in a powerful position to shape how globalization is governed. We know surprisingly little about how its trade policy is actually made, because previous works have focused on individual trade policy decisions to the detriment of the “big picture” of the Union as a trade power. The book argues that trade policy is composed of multiple, distinct policies. Each presents a distinctive constellation of mobilized societal preferences, pattern of political institutions, and range of government preferences. The balance of economic power between the EU and its trade partner(s) affects the stakes involved. Together these four factors define trade policy sub-systems, which help explain both the EU’s objectives and whether it realizes them. The book advances this argument by analyzing the EU’s role in the demise of the Doha Round, its use of anti-dumping and pursuit of market access, the trade effects of its single market program and efforts at regulatory diplomacy, including the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations. The book thus focuses centrally on modern, 21st century trade policy. It also sheds light on the EU as a global actor by analyzing its use of trade policy as a tool of foreign policy from promoting development, to encouraging human rights and environmental protection, to punishing security threats.Less
Europe’s trade policies matter in global politics. Despite the recent focus on Brazil, India, and particularly China, the European Union remains the world’s largest market and trader. Despite its recent economic troubles, Europe remains in a powerful position to shape how globalization is governed. We know surprisingly little about how its trade policy is actually made, because previous works have focused on individual trade policy decisions to the detriment of the “big picture” of the Union as a trade power. The book argues that trade policy is composed of multiple, distinct policies. Each presents a distinctive constellation of mobilized societal preferences, pattern of political institutions, and range of government preferences. The balance of economic power between the EU and its trade partner(s) affects the stakes involved. Together these four factors define trade policy sub-systems, which help explain both the EU’s objectives and whether it realizes them. The book advances this argument by analyzing the EU’s role in the demise of the Doha Round, its use of anti-dumping and pursuit of market access, the trade effects of its single market program and efforts at regulatory diplomacy, including the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations. The book thus focuses centrally on modern, 21st century trade policy. It also sheds light on the EU as a global actor by analyzing its use of trade policy as a tool of foreign policy from promoting development, to encouraging human rights and environmental protection, to punishing security threats.
Alasdair R. Young and John Peterson
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199579907
- eISBN:
- 9780191778728
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199579907.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union
Chapter 9 concludes by highlighting how variation in politics across trade policy instruments—trade policy sub-systems—produces distinctive policies. It reflects on the implications of this analysis ...
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Chapter 9 concludes by highlighting how variation in politics across trade policy instruments—trade policy sub-systems—produces distinctive policies. It reflects on the implications of this analysis for the EU’s capacity to act strategically and to be an effective global actor. In addition, it considers the implications of treating trade policy as being composed of multiple policies for the broader IPE literature on trade policy. Our central argument is re-stated: explaining the European Union’s behavior as an economic superpower requires understanding policy sub-systems, some of which conspire to encourage Europe to behave very parochially even as it seeks influence globally.Less
Chapter 9 concludes by highlighting how variation in politics across trade policy instruments—trade policy sub-systems—produces distinctive policies. It reflects on the implications of this analysis for the EU’s capacity to act strategically and to be an effective global actor. In addition, it considers the implications of treating trade policy as being composed of multiple policies for the broader IPE literature on trade policy. Our central argument is re-stated: explaining the European Union’s behavior as an economic superpower requires understanding policy sub-systems, some of which conspire to encourage Europe to behave very parochially even as it seeks influence globally.
