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Siles-Brügge, Gabriel (2014) EU trade and development policy beyond the ACP : subordinating developmental to commercial imperatives in the reform of GSP. Contemporary Politics, 20 (1). pp. 49-62. doi:10.1080/13569775.2014.881604 ISSN 1356-9775.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2014.881604
Abstract
Following the stagnation of negotiations with the African, Caribbean and Pacific states, the centrepiece of the European Union's (EU's) trade and development strategy has been a reform of the Generalised System of Preferences. Although policy-makers in the Commission's Directorate General for Trade have argued they are ‘refocusing’ these preferences on the ‘neediest’, by rendering a significant proportion of emerging economies' exports ineligible for the scheme, this article argues that the reform is actually part of a broader ‘reciprocity’ agenda being pursued in the context of the current economic crisis. This is about ensuring the EU possesses sufficient offensive leverage in ongoing free trade agreement negotiations, rather than representing any mercantilist move towards greater domestic protection. In arguing that the EU's developmental trade agenda is increasingly subordinated to commercial imperatives, this article adds to a literature that has situated the study of EU trade and development policy within the field of political economy.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JZ International relations | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | European Union -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa, European Union -- Foreign economic relations -- Caribbean Area, European Union -- Foreign economic relations -- Pacific Area | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Contemporary Politics | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 1356-9775 | ||||||
Official Date: | 27 February 2014 | ||||||
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Volume: | 20 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 49-62 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/13569775.2014.881604 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 7 November 2016 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 November 2016 | ||||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) |
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