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Oxford University Press Supplying Compliance with Trade Rules: Explaining the EU's Responses to Adverse WTO Rulings
Trade agreements have become politicized in part because of public concerns that trade rules constrain regulatory decisions. How much international obligations constrain state behaviour, however, is contested in the International Relations literature. This book seeks to explain whether, why, and how jurisdictions comply with inconvenient international obligations. It does so through detailed process tracing of European Union (EU) policies found incompatible with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules: its ban on hormone-treated beef, its banana trade regime, its moratorium on the approval of genetically modified crops, its sugar export subsidies, and its anti-dumping duties on bed linen from India. It uses the adverse rulings as the 'treatment' in a 'natural experiment', contrasting the policy-relevant politics before and after each ruling. The case studies are supplemented by a qualitative comparative analysis of all EU policies found to contravene WTO rules that had to be changed by the end of 2019. The book contributes to debates on the impact of international institutions, on the effectiveness of the WTO, and on the nature of the EU as an international actor. It argues that the preferences of policy makers (the 'supply' of policy change) matter more than demands from societal actors in determining whether compliance occurs. It also argues that while policy change in response to adverse WTO rulings is the norm (good news for trade), WTO members do resist obligations that would compromise cherished policy objectives (good news for legitimacy). This volume contends that the EU's compliance performance is like that of most WTO members; it is not a unique international actor.
£98.66
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The JCMS Annual Review of the European Union in 2006
The Annual Review, produced in association with JCMS, The Journal of Common Market Studies, covers the key developments in the European Union, its member states, and acceding and/or applicant countries in 2006/2007. Contains analytical articles on key political, economic and legal issues in the EU by leading experts, together with a keynote article on the EU’s obsession with competitiveness by Colin Hay and a review article on the politics of legal integration by Lisa Conant. The most up-to-date and authoritative source of information for those engaged in teaching and research or who are simply interested in the European Union. Includes an invaluable guide to EU documents and publications - and the various websites of the EU - together with a chronology of key events.
£17.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The JCMS Annual Review of the European Union in 2005
The Annual Review, produced in association with JCMS, The Journal of Common Market Studies, covers the key developments in the European Union, its member states, and acceding and/or applicant countries in 2005/2006. It contains key analytical articles on political, economic and legal issues in the EU by leading experts, together with a keynote article. Contains analytical articles on key political, economic and legal issues in the EU by leading experts, together with a keynote article on the domestic politics of the French and Dutch referendums The Review is the most up-to-date and authoritative source of information for those engaged in teaching and research or who are simply interested in the European Union Includes an invaluable guide to EU documents and publications - and the various websites of the EU - together with a chronology of key events, and a list of all the books submitted to the Journal of Common Market Studies for review
£17.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The JCMS Annual Review of the European Union in 2007
The Annual Review, produced in association with JCMS, The Journal of Common Market Studies, covers the key developments in the European Union, its member states, and acceding and/or applicant countries in 2007. It contains key analytical articles on political, economic and legal issues in the EU by leading experts, together with a keynote article on Russia-EU relations by Margot Light and a review article on comparative regionalism by Alberta Sbragia. Covers the key developments in the European Union and its Member States in 2007. The Review is the most up-to-date and authoritative source of information for those engaged in teaching and research or who are simply interested in the European Union. Provides guidance on recent important documents and scholarly publications together with a chronology of key events.
£17.99
