European Union Trade Politics and Development: 'Everything But Arms' Unravelled

ISBN-13: 9781138806290 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 248 str.

Gerrit Faber; Jan Orbie

Opis

Demonstrating the EBA's significant influence on internal & external EU politics, this book offers a comprehensive survey of the field for those studying the relationship between trade & development as well as those with an interest in the politics & economics of the EU.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The Relevance of EBA for Europe’s Trade and Development Policies  2. The Development of EBA  3. The North-South Dimension within the European Union: Conflicts over EBA  4. Bureaucratic Competition in EU Trade Policy: EBA as a Case of Competing Two-level Games  5. The Political Dynamics behind US and EU Trade Initiatives Towards the Least-developed Countries  6. Unilateral Trade Preferences of the US and the EU: Their Effectiveness for Sub-Saharan Exports and the Role of Geography and Institutions  7. Unilateral Trade Preferences of the US and the EU: Their Effectiveness and the Role of the Rules of Origin in the Apparel Sector  8. Symbolic and Effective?: An LDC Perspective on Duty- and Quota Free Market Access  9. The Significance of the EBA Scheme for CAP Reform  10. X EBA and the EU Sugar Market: Development Gift or Trojan Horse?  11. EU-ACP Negotiations on Regional Partnership Agreements and EBA  12. Normative Power Europe?: EBA, Economic Partnership Agreements and Benevolent Self-images.  Conclusion: All About Nothing?