Too Complex or Too Ambitious? Exploring Hurdles in the Enforcement of EU Free Trade Agreements

• Hoofdauteur: Biffi, Leopoldo (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Geneva Graduate Institute Publications 2021
• Reeks: eCahiers de l'Institut
• Onderwerpen: International relations; non-state actors and civil society; governance; State | Nation; foreign policy; economic development; free trade agreements (FTAs); advocacy; public management
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This ePaper looks at the recent politics of EU trade, and specifically at the political hurdles characterising the enforcement of free trade agreements (FTAs) negotiated by the European Commission. It argues that civil society advocacy groups have played a key, yet undertheorised, role in accounting...