Creating a Transatlantic Marketplace Government Policies and Business Strategies

by Egan, Michelle P.

• ISBN13: 9780719071546
• ISBN10: 0719071542
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-22
• Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS

Summary

This volume provides an excellent evaluation of the US-EU trade relationship. It explores not only links between public actors but also interactions between private actors across the Atlantic, to illustrate their efforts to address barriers to trade and investment. Case studies include: airlines, biotechnology, electronic commerce, global satellite technology, mutual recognition agreements and competition policy.

Author Biography

Michelle P. Egan is Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Professor in the School of International Service, American University.

Table of Contents

Figures and tables	vi
Contributors	vii
Preface	viii
Abbreviations	ix
Introduction	1	(23)
Michelle P. Egan
The US-EU economic relationship	24	(13)
Hugo Paemen
Long-haul liberalization: will transatlantic air transport ever be deregulated?	37	(25)
Martin Staniland
Sole of discretion: competition relations in the transatlantic marketplace	62	(20)
Chad Damro
Government-business strategies and transatlantic economic relations: between hegemony and high technology	82	(30)
Johan Lembke
New issue-areas in the transatlantic relationship: e-commerce and the Safe Harbor arrangement	112	(22)
Henry Farrell
Regulating biotech foods: government institutions and public reactions	134	(22)
Diahanna L. Post
Competing trade and regulatory strategies for the mutual recognition of conformity assessment in the transatlantic marketplace	156	(19)
Rebecca Steffenson
The EU--Canada dialogue: trend-setting for rule-based global governance	175	(21)
Youri Devuyst
Conclusion	196	(7)
Michelle P. Egan
Index	203