Conclusion. Efficiency versus accountability -- The EU in the GATT/WTO -- The Nice Treaty -- The Constitutional and Lisbon Treaties -- Mixed agreements -- Negotiation of trade agreements -- Conclusion and ratification of trade agreements -- Implementation and dispute settlement of trade agreements -- Enforcement of trade agreements -- Efficiency versus accountability -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"This...book provides an...analytical overview of the European Union's existing law and policy in the field of international trade. Considering the history and context of the law's evolution, it offers an...examination of its common commercial policy competence through the years, starting with the Treaty of Rome up until the Treaty of Lisbon, as a background for understanding the EU's present role in the World Trade Organization (WTO) framework...[Chapters] offer a legal analysis of EU trade policy after the Treaty of Rome, after the conclusion of the WTO Agreement, at the Treaty of Amsterdam, at the Treaty of Nice, and at the Treaty of Lisbon, taking into account the most recent constitutional developments by the Lisbon Treaty on division of competences between the EU and its member states. Additional thought is given to the role of major EU institutions and their balance within EU trade law and policy, and the tension between efficiency and accountability in decision-making processes in EU trade policy is further considered"--Back cover.
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