Open Strategic Autonomy in EU Trade Policy

Assessing the Turn to Stronger Enforcement and More Robust Interest Representation

Wolfgang Weiß, Cornelia Furculita

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2024
• Topic: Law
• eBook ISBN:
  9781009196581
• Subtopic: International Law
• Index: Law

This book analyses whether the recent reorientation of EU trade policy towards stronger enforcement and more robust representation of interests, resulting in a series of new or amended legislative tools, is in conformity with the EU's international commitments, particularly WTO, FTA, environmental, and general international law, and with its multilateralist stance and underlying constitutional obligations. The analysis is also set against the consequences that would flow from within the EU legal order, providing readers with a comprehensive view of the external and internal constraints on trade policy that the EU should respect, as well as the leeway it enjoys. In case of potential tensions, it submits changes that would better balance the EU's new ambitions and international obligations. Furthermore, the book looks beyond the possible legal repercussions to consider the broader political implications of these instruments on the credibility of the EU's commitment to multilateralism and international law.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Series information
• Title page
• Imprints page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• List of Abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
• Part I EU Trade Policy and Its Constraints
• Part II The Tools for Stronger Enforcement of Trade Rights
• Part III The Tools for Assertive Representation of EU Interests
• Bibliography
• Index