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"This book considers the EU's recent reorientation of its trade policy towards stronger enforcement and more robust representation of its interests, and offers readers a comprehensive study of the novel tools of trade policy, considered especially in light of the EU's international and constitutional commitments and support for multilateralism"--
List of contents
1. Introduction; Part I. EU Trade Policy and its Constrain: 2. The EU's trade policy: past and prospect; 3. External and internal constraints for the EU's open strategic autonomy in trade policy; Part II. The Tools for Stronger Enforcement of Trade Rights: 4. The EU-Led MPIA: an attempt to rescue the WTO dispute settlement; 5. The amended trade enforcement regulation: addressing dispute settlement blockages; 6. The anti-coercion instrument: is there a place for unilateralism under international rules?; 7. Enforcement of the FTA TSD chapters: newfound strength?; Part III. The Tools for Assertive Representation of EU Interests: 8. The IPI regulation: a 'level playing field' for European economic operators in Foreign public procurement markets within international law confines?; 9. The foreign subsidies regulation: the way forward to competitive equality and exterritoriality of EU competition law?; 10. CBAM: in tension with EU's international trade and climate commitments; 11. Conclusion; Bibliography.
About the author
Wolfgang Weiß is Full Professor and Chair Holder of Public Law, European Law and Public International Law at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer. His main research areas are EU, WTO, and international economic law. He regularly contributes to article-by-article commentaries on EU law and publishes books and articles in both English- and German-language journals. Two of his books won academic book prizes. His most recent monographs are WTO Law and Domestic Regulation: Exploring the Determinants for the Impact of the WTO on Domestic Regulatory Autonomy (2020) and a treatise on WTO law (published in German: Welthandelsrecht, 3rd ed. 2022, co-authored with Christoph Ohler and Marc Bungenberg). He is also a co-editor of Global Politics and EU Trade Policy (2020).Cornelia Furculita is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair for Public Law, European Law and Public International Law at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer. Cornelia's research interests lie in international trade law, especially the intersection of WTO, FTAs, and EU trade law. She is the author of The WTO and the New Generation EU FTA Dispute Settlement Mechanisms (2021) and a co-editor of Global Politics and EU Trade Policy (2020).
Summary
This book considers the EU's recent reorientation of its trade policy towards stronger enforcement and more robust representation of its interests, and offers readers a comprehensive study of the novel tools of trade policy, considered especially in light of the EU's international and constitutional commitments and support for multilateralism.
Foreword
Analyses the EU focus on more assertive enforcement and robust representation of interests considering its international and constitutional commitments.
