The Law & Politics of Brexit: Volume V The Trade and Cooperation Agreement

by Fabbrini, Federico

• ISBN13: 9780198908289
• ISBN10: 0198908288
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2024-09-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Trade & Cooperation Agreement (TCA) is the treaty which regulates free trade and economic arrangements between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) post-Brexit. The treaty entered into force provisionally on 1 January 2021 and officially on 1 May 2021, and has governed trade relations between the parties since.

This book brings together contributions by leading scholars in EU and international trade law, economics and political science to provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of the TCA. It contextualizes the treaty and identifies several emerging political, economic, and security challenges, which serve as the background to evolving EU-UK relations. The book also unpacks the treaty's complex provisions on customs and rules of origin, investments, services and procurement, subsidies, fisheries, aviation, cooperation on energy, environment, health, social security, and on UK participation in EU programs. Furthermore, it provides an updated assessment of EU-UK disagreement on the implementation of the Protocol on Ireland/NI, and considers the positive impact of the Windsor Framework in rebuilding trust between the parties, and the possibilities to further expand EU-UK cooperation within the TCA and beyond.

This is an open access title. It is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International licence. It is available to read and download as a PDF version on the Oxford Academic platform.

Author Biography

Federico Fabbrini, Dublin City University

Federico Fabbrini is Full Professor of EU Law at Dublin City University in Ireland where he is the Founding Director of the Brexit Institute. He holds a PhD in law from the European University Institute and has been awarded the Charlemagne Prize fellowship for his research on the future of Europe. Federico Fabbrini is the author of four monographs with Oxford University Press, EU Fiscal Capacity (2022), Brexit & the Future of the European Union (2020), Economic Governance in Europe (2016), and Fundamental Rights in Europe (2014). He is also the editor of four prior edited volumes with Oxford University Press, The Law & Politics of Brexit: Volume IV The Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland (2022), Volume III: The Framework of New EU-UK Relations (2021), Volume II The Withdrawal Agreement (2020), and The Law and Politics of Brexit (2017).

Table of Contents

Foreword, David McAllister1. Introduction, Federico FabbriniPart I: Context and Challenges2. The new globalization and the economic consequences of Brexit, Harold James3. The war in Ukraine and its challenges to European security, transatlantic relations and EU-UK cooperation, Daniela Schwarzer4. The Windsor Framework and its impact for Northern Ireland and EU-UK relations, Billy Melo AraujoPart II: Free Trade Agreement5. Goods, customs and rules of origin, Niall Moran6. Services, investments & public procurement, Pinar Artiran7. Capital movements and IP, Mariela de AmstaldenPart III: Other Economic Cooperation Provisions8. Health, environment, energy and cyber, Elaine Fahey9. Fisheries, Graham Butler10. Aviation and road-transport, Adam LazowskiPart IV: Process and Prospects11. Regulatory cooperation, social security coordination, and participation in Union programmes, Christy Petit12. Subsidies control and enforcement, Andrea Biondi13. Review and reform options for deepening EU-UK cooperation in a renewed Europe, Federico Fabbrini