EU Trade Strategies: Regionalism and Globalism

by Vinod K. Aggarwal (Editor)

All is not well in the World Trade Organization. Does a global economy require global institutions? One possible alternative is 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.

262 pages, Paperback

First published April 17, 2004

About the author

VINOD K. AGGARWAL is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Affiliated Professor of Business and Public Policy in the Haas School of Business, and Director of the Berkeley Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center (BASC) at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Business and Politics. Aggarwal's books include Liberal Protectionism, International Debt Threat, Debt Games, Le Renseignement Stratégique d'Entreprise, Crafting Nested Institutions, Les Horloges Sociales de la Confrontation, and Asia Pacific Crossroads.