Towards Explaining Varying Degrees of Politicization of EU Trade Agreement Negotiations

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The Role of Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Iran and Malaysia their Intra industry Trade (IIT)

1 A Development Round of Trade Negotiations ?

The development focus of the Doha Round emerged from a renewed spirit of responsibility for the challenges faced by poor countries and the perceived inequities generated by previous rounds of trade negotiations. This study presents an alternative way forward for the Doha Round based on principles of social justice and economic analysis. It looks at the trade negotiation agenda from the perspect...

Trade Negotiations Coming Again Soon

T his December nations are to begin another round of trade negotiations under the World Trade Organization (WTO). Agricultural issues will again play a prominent role. While it is too early to identify specific issues facing negotiators, at a broad level much of the agenda is known. Mainly these issues reflect perceived deficiencies in the Uruguay Round Agreement. This article identifies those ...

Explaining Trends in EU Interregionalism

It is standard fare in political science or political economy to characterize the nature of political and economic systems in the aftermath of some critical juncture – such as the “postwar era,” the “post-Cold War era,” “postSeptember 11,” and the like. Analyses that highlight these critical junctures all face the same questions: do we know yet whether this juncture was in fact critical? Even i...