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Understanding the debate about policy space: from the WTO to EU FTAs [PDF]

, 2016
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Gheyle, Niels, Martens, Deborah
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Contested Spaces: Civil Society Engagement in EU–Mercosur Trade Negotiations

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The EU–Mercosur Association Agreement negotiations have become a focal point for examining the limits of civil society engagement in EU trade policy‐making. This article analyses the design, implementation and outcomes of participatory mechanisms – including Civil Society Dialogues, Domestic Advisory Groups and the European Economic and Social
Emilio Del Pupo
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How Eurocrats Negotiate the Path From Crisis to Routine: Tracing the Micro‐Foundations of Routinisation After the Greek Crisis

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Whilst institutional change following the eurozone crisis is well documented, the mechanisms underlying this change remain less understood. This article examines how EU officials negotiated the routinisation of the European Commission's Task Force for Greece into the Structural Reform Support Service, a technical assistance mechanism for all ...
Marylou Hamm
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Laos legislative drafting programme [PDF]

, 1994
Draft documents, proposals, notes, and other various papers related to the Seidman's efforts to develop a legislative drafting programme in Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) between 1994 and 1997. This project was developed with support from the Lao
Seidman, Ann, Seidman, Robert B.
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The Agencies of the European Union: A Glimmer of Hope for Enlargement?

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent years, the process of EU enlargement has become increasingly difficult. The longer the process drags on and the less likely accession appears, the more the candidate states are discouraged and the less influential the EU becomes. A different approach to integration must therefore be used.
Matis Poussardin
wiley   +1 more source

Labor Rights and Labor Standards in International Trade [PDF]

, 1993
[Excerpt] This Article seeks to […] articulate a defense of enforceable international labor rights and labor standards as part of a trade, investment and development strategy that will benefit whole societies, not just their wealthy sectors.
Compa, Lance A
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Geopoliticization and Support for Free Trade in the European Parliament: From Rhetorical Shift to Voting Results

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Strategic and security considerations have become increasingly prominent in trade policy debates, fuelling both liberal and protectionist arguments. However, the extent to which this geopoliticization influences legislative trade attitudes in the European Parliament (EP) remains underexplored.
Lorane Visart
wiley   +1 more source

Invoking State Responsibility in the Twenty-First Century [PDF]

, 2002
This essay reviews the articles on the invocation of state responsibility, analyzes them in historical context, and notes where they represent progressive development of international law.
Weiss, Edith Brown
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More Competition, Better Products: Evidence From Tariff Cuts

Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how increased competition affects product and process innovation. I combine plausibly exogenous variation in foreign competition induced by large tariff cuts with a difference‐in‐differences strategy and find that firms increase their product patenting in response to increased foreign competition, but, on average, foreign
Colin Davison
wiley   +1 more source

International competition law enforcement: different means, one goal? [PDF]

, 2012
This paper addresses one of the intricacies of international competition law enforcement, namely the diversification of legal instruments used for bilateral cooperation.
Demedts, Valerie
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