Chapter 1: Introduction.-Chapter 2: International Trade Law of the European Union.-Chapter 3: The European Union and International Affairs.-Chapter 4: Theories of Supranationalism.-Chapter 5: Distribution of Powers in EU External Relations .-Chapter 6: Criteria for Evaluating the Distribution of Powers and Its Compliance.-Chapter 7:Other Legal Bases for Trade Agreements.-Chapter 8:The Doha Round and Services Trade.-Chapter 9:The European Union in the Doha Round: The Specific Case of Services Trade.-Chapter 10: Conclusions and Recommendations

This book examines the need for greater legal coherence within international trade negotiations between the European Union (EU) and external trade relations. An introspective analysis of EU trade law and policy is presented that highlights the complex issue of EU unity. A particular focus is given to the Doha Round and the General Agreement on Trade in Services, with empirical analysis placing the negotiations not just within the context of international trade law, but also within broader social and political contexts.

This book aims to provide an interdisciplinary understanding of the EU’s international trade negotiations. It will be relevant to researchers and policy-makers interested in international trade and EU law.

Rafael Leal-Arcas is Professor of Law at Alfaisal University (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).

“Rafael Leal-Arcas brings together an extraordinary set of authors and takes up a critical set of questions in International Trade and Sustainability – going to the heart of the future of the trading system and highlighting the challenge of bringing the world community together to address climate change and meet the demands of the sustainability imperative that defines the 21st century. Must reading for policymakers, business leaders, NGO advocates, community organizers, academics, and students – all of whom will have an important role to play in building the future Leal-Arcas and his colleagues imagine.” (Dan Esty is the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University, and author of Greening the GATT)

“No one has thought more and taught us more about the complex relationship between trade and sustainability than Rafael Leal-Arcas. In this latest book (in collaboration with a number of his like-minded colleagues), he draws even more on his enormous fund of knowledge on this important topic and delves even more deeply. He offers a comprehensive examination of a number of cutting-edge topics on the trade and sustainability relationship that are either on the current global agenda or ought to be. This includes, importantly, the proposed carbon border adjustment mechanism of the European Union and its many ramifications; but, equally, it includes issues that are too often overlooked, such as the trade and sustainable development nexus in the Pacific Islands and the Caribbean Community. I could not recommend this book more highly.” (James Bacchus is the Distinguished University Professor of Global Affairs and Director of the Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity at the University of Central Florida. Founding judge and twice the Chairman – the chief judge – of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization) 

Utilises interviews with negotiators from the European Commission and WTO who have worked on trade agreements Explores the relationship between national governments and EU institutions within trade agreements Includes practical policy suggestions for shaping global sustainable development

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