1st Edition

The European Union and the New Trade Politics

Edited By JOHN PETERSON, Alasdair Young Copyright 2007
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

The politics of international trade have changed dramatically over the past 20 years. Advances in technology have spurred a new kind of 'trade' involving transfers of components and materials across borders but within firms. Trade in services, foreign direct investment and sales by affiliates of foreign-owed companies have grown more rapidly than trade in goods, making national rules and... Read more

1. Introducing the New Trade Politics  2. Trade and ‘Domestic’ Policies: The European Mix  3. From Trading Power to Superpower?  4. The EU's Pursuit of Non-Trade Goals in the WTO  5. The EU and Liberalization: Been There, Done That?  6. Public versus Private in EU Trade Politics  7. No More Euro-Champions? The Future of EU Industrial Policy  8. EU Competition Policy and the New Trade Politics

Biography

John Peterson is Professor of International Politics at the University of Edinburgh.

Alasdair R. Young is a Senior Lecturer in international politics at the University of Glasgow.