Transformations in trade politics: participatory trade politics in West Africa
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In: Routledge global institutions series 77
In: Routledge Global institutions series, 77
This book examines the evolution and application of participatory trade politics in West Africa and discusses the theoretical implications for political economy and global governance approaches to trade policy-making. The author traces the involvement of a network of West African global justice Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), local NGO and movement platforms, and trade unions in the negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union.
In: Globalizations, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 397-407
ISSN: 1474-774X
In: New political economy, Band 24, Heft 2, S. 218-234
ISSN: 1469-9923
In: Globalizations, Band 14, Heft 6, S. 810-819
ISSN: 1474-774X
In: Trommer , S 2017 , ' The WTO in An Era of Preferential Trade Agreements : Thick and Thin Institutions in Global Trade Governance ' World Trade Review , vol 16 , no. 3 , pp. 501-526 . DOI:10.1017/S1474745616000628
This article examines how fragmentation of the global trade regime into preferential agreements built on a multilateral baseline of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules affects trade governance. The analysis relies on 105 interviews with trade policy professionals in core WTO members and a conceptual distinction between 'thick' and 'thin' institutionalism to capture institutional changes in the global trade governance architecture. The WTO's thick institutionalism facilitates institutionalized interactions among members of the trade policy community that are essential for transparency and dialogue and the rule of law character of the trade regime. It secures the continued belief of trade policy professionals in the WTO's centrality in trade governance. The thin institutionalism of the network of preferential agreements spells the return to à la carte forms of trade governance and benefits those with the technical and political capacity to successfully navigate the fragmented governance architecture. Ongoing institutional transformations shift global trade governance away from rules-based, back to more power-based forms.
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In: Trommer , S 2014 , ' Legal Opportunity in Trade Negotiations : International Law, Opportunity Structures and the Political Economy of Trade Agreements ' New Political Economy , vol 19 , no. 1 , pp. 1-20 . DOI:10.1080/13563467.2012.753520
In 2009, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) challenged the European Union (EU)'s interpretation of Article XXIV GATT in bilateral trade talks. Based on a legal analysis that West African activists initially provided, ECOWAS established that the clause allowed for more flexibility on market opening than the EU expected. Since then, market access constitutes one unresolved issue slowing down negotiations between the trade power Europe and trade- and aid-dependent ECOWAS. The example challenges the political economy literature dealing with trade policy-making on at least two accounts, namely the role of typically sidelines actors such as poor countries and transnational activists; and the role of the law in mediating strategic and discursive aspects of trade political processes. To assess the evidence and its theoretical implications, I combine the analytical concept of political opportunity structure developed in the transnational studies literature with pluralist approaches to law. I argue that trade political actors can become aware of the pathways to influence that legal uncertainty opens, in particular under conditions of multilevel governance where national, regional and international legal orders are intertwined. Overall, the way in which the law mediates ideas and interests thus deserves scrutiny in political economy approaches to trade.
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In: New political economy, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 1-20
ISSN: 1469-9923
In 2009, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) challenged the European Union (EU)'s interpretation of Article XXIV GATT in bilateral trade talks. Based on a legal analysis that West African activists initially provided, ECOWAS established that the clause allowed for more flexibility on market opening than the EU expected. Since then, market access constitutes one unresolved issue slowing down negotiations between the trade power Europe and trade- and aid-dependent ECOWAS. The example challenges the political economy literature dealing with trade policy-making on at least two accounts, namely the role of typically sidelines actors such as poor countries and transnational activists; and the role of the law in mediating strategic and discursive aspects of trade political processes. To assess the evidence and its theoretical implications, I combine the analytical concept of political opportunity structure developed in the transnational studies literature with pluralist approaches to law. I argue that trade political actors can become aware of the pathways to influence that legal uncertainty opens, in particular under conditions of multi-level governance where national, regional and international legal orders are intertwined. Overall, the way in which the law mediates ideas and interests thus deserves scrutiny in political economy approaches to trade. Adapted from the source document.
In: New political economy, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 1-20
ISSN: 1356-3467
In: New political economy, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 1-20
ISSN: 1469-9923
In: Globalizations, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 113-126
ISSN: 1474-774X
In: Chinese Journal of International Law, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 565-599
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In: Journal of common market studies: JCMS, Band 59, Heft 2, S. 316-334
ISSN: 1468-5965
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In: Journal of common market studies: JCMS, Band 59, Heft 2, S. 316-334
ISSN: 1468-5965
AbstractThis article examines Irish and Portuguese protesters' perceptions of the EU in the decade since the European debt crisis. Building on EU politics, social movement and protest literatures, we ask how domestic protesters in both countries perceive the EU during its age of crisis protest timescape. We find that critical Europeanism, which rejects technocratic and neoliberal Europe and works towards an alternative, social Europe, has travelled beyond austerity/bailout protests into women's rights and housing protests in both countries, although to varying degrees. We suggest that the expansion of critical European perceptions in these traditionally Europhile member states forms part of the social and political legacy of the European debt crisis, but also contributes to the continued Europeanization of the European social movement space. It could have positive impacts on the EU's legitimacy deficit if EU institutions engaged meaningfully with critical European voices.
In: Globalizations, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 17-31
ISSN: 1474-774X