Date: 2020
Type: Other
Trade policy and non-trade policy objectives : perceptions on EU strategy
Policy Briefs, 2020/09, Global Governance Programme
BASEDOW, Robert, FIORINI, Matteo, HOEKMAN, Bernard M., YILDIRIM, Aydin, Trade policy and non-trade policy objectives : perceptions on EU strategy, Policy Briefs, 2020/09, Global Governance Programme - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/66232
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Non-trade issues (NTIs) such as labour standards, political and civil rights and environmental protection have become important objectives in the design and implementation of the European Union’s (EU) trade policy. Almost two thirds of the EU trade agreements currently in force feature provisions on human rights and the environment, and about one third cover labour issues. The use of trade policy to attain non-trade policy objective (NTPOs) was a core dimension of the 2015 ‘Trade for All’ trade and investment strategy of the European Commission. The associated linkage between access to the EU market and the realisation of both economic and noneconomic objectives is likely to become an even more prominent feature of EU external policy under the Von der Leyen Commission given the aim of making the EU a stronger geopolitical actor.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/66232
Full-text via DOI: 10.2870/040096
ISBN: 9789290848226
ISSN: 2467-4540
External link: http://respect.eui.eu/publications/
Series/Number: Policy Briefs; 2020/09; Global Governance Programme
Publisher: European University Institute
Keyword(s): Non-trade objectives Expert survey Respect