EU Trade Strategies Regionalism and Globalism

by Aggarwal, Vinod K.; Fogarty, Edward

• ISBN13: 9781403932587
• ISBN10: 1403932581
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-19
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

All is not well in the World Trade Organization. Does a global economy require global institutions? One possible alternative is interregionalism: economic integration between two distinct regions. This book explores the logic of interregionalism by focusing on the European Union, which has pursued agreements with Latin America, East Asia, and the Southern Mediterranean, among others. Why has the EU pursued this strategy?Based on a novel theoretical framework, the authors in this book explore EU interregionalism to provide us with insight into this new emerging face of the international political economy.

Author Biography

Vinod K. Aggarwal is Professor of Political Science, Affiliated Professor of Business and Public Policy at the Haas School of Business, and Director of the Berkeley Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center (BASC) at the University of California.

Edward Fogarty is a doctoral candidate in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vi
List of Figures	vii
Preface	viii
Contributors	x
List of Abbreviations	xi
Between Regionalism and Globalization: European Union Interregional Trade Strategies	1	(40)
Vinod K. Aggarwal
Edward A. Fogarty
Blueprint for an Interregional Future? The European Union and the Southern Cone	41	(23)
Jorg Faust
Weaving a New Silk Road: Europe Meets Asia	64	(29)
Julie Gilson
Why the Euro--Med Partnership? European Union Strategies in the Mediterranean Region	93	(25)
Beverly Crawford
Back to the Nest? Europe's Relations with the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of Countries	118	(30)
John Ravenhill
Elusive Interregionalism: The European Union and Eastern Europe	148	(32)
Cedric Dupont
Hilde D. Engelen
Be Careful What You Wish For: The European Union and North America	180	(27)
Edward A. Fogarty
Explaining Trends in EU Interregionalism	207	(34)
Vinod K. Aggarwal
Edward A. Fogarty
Index	241