Eckhardt, Jappe orcid.org/0000-0002-8823-0905 and Poletti, Arlo (2016) The politics of global value chains::import-dependent firms and EU–Asia trade agreements. Journal of European Public Policy. pp. 1543-1562. ISSN 1466-4429
Abstract
In 2006, the European Commission released its Global Europe Communication, in which it announced a shift from a multilateral to a bilateral trade strategy. One of the key pillars of this new strategy was to strengthen the bilateral trade relations with key Asian countries. In contrast to existing analyses that focus on European Union (EU) decision-makers’ agency, we propose an explanation for this notable shift in the EU's trade policy that stresses the political role of import-dependent firms. In light of the increasing integration of such firms into global value chains, the article argues that a plausible case can be made, both theoretically and empirically, that import-dependent firms had a clear stake in the signing of preferential trade agreements between the EU and Asian countries and that their lobbying efforts significantly affected the EU's decision to start negotiations on such agreements with South Korea, India and Vietnam.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2016 10:49 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 12:48 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2015.1085073 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13501763.2015.1085073 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:106218 |
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