Seizing the moment: Regional opportunity structures and Wallonia’s temporary veto of the EU–Canada bilateral trade agreement

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Peter Bursens ◽  
Dirk De Bièvre
Keyword(s):  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Opportunity Structures ◽  
Bilateral Trade Agreement ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Prospects for the EU-US Trade Relations in the Light of the TTIP

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (34) ◽  
pp. 211-221
Author(s):  
Viera Ružeková
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Relations ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Bilateral Trade Agreement ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Abstract To success on international markets, individual economies are trying to take measures to increase their efficiency, flexibility and competitiveness. There is a liberalization of tariff and non-tariff barriers mainly due to trade based on regional integration. Among such agreements belong also the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the USA, which represent the largest economies in the world. The paper analyses developed scientific studies that assess the economic impact, advantages and disadvantages of closer economic cooperation. However, it reflects not only the economic but also foreign policy importance of this partnership. In the case of signing the TTIP, it would become the most important bilateral trade agreement ever, both in terms of international trade as well as in terms of the impact on international trade as a whole.

Taipei seeks new partners in post-TPP world

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policy ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
The United States ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bilateral Trade Agreement ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Pacific Ocean

Subject Taiwan's trade policy. Significance Washington's abandonment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a comprehensive free trade agreement between economies on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, is prompting Taiwan to seek a new direction in trade policy. Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, is seeking to increase trade and investment with partners other than China -- particularly with India and South-east Asia -- and pursue a bilateral trade agreement with the United States. Tsai's Presidential Office has already established a special office to promote trade links with India and South-east Asia. Impacts Taiwan will be subject to intense China-US rivalry, with both seeking to draw the island away from the other. Beijing will put pressure on Taipei to resume cross-Strait economic expansion efforts. Trade with India will expand, but will still be dwarfed by exports to China. Tsai's 'New Southbound Policy' initiative is unlikely to reduce Taiwan’s reliance on the China market significantly.

India and EU will deepen strategic partnership

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Ocean Region ◽  
Angela Merkel ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The Eu

Subject India-EU relationship. Significance During a visit to India visit last month, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged renewed attempts to negotiate an India-EU free trade agreement (FTA). In recent years, Delhi and the EU have sought to strengthen bilateral relations, building on long-standing trade ties. The EU in November 2018 published a new strategy to increase strategic cooperation with India. Impacts India will step up dialogue with Germany, its main link to the EU post-Brexit. Delhi and Brussels will increase cooperation with Tokyo to develop infrastructure in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region. EU-China relations will be strained, but bilateral trade will grow.

United States Requests Consultations Regarding Peru's Environmental Obligations Under Bilateral Trade Agreement

2019 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-404
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Forest Governance ◽  
Bilateral Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Promotion

On January 4, 2019, the United States requested consultations with Peru with respect to its forest governance obligations under the 2007 United States – Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). The PTPA has an environmental chapter with robust terms that were included largely at the insistence of members of Congress, reflecting concerns that a free trade agreement with Peru could increase the country's export of illegally logged wood to the United States. The request for consultations focused on Peru's decision to relocate its Agency for the Supervision of Forest Resources and Wildlife (OSINFOR) to within Peru's Ministry of Environment—a change that, in the view of the United States, “appears to conflict” with a PTPA obligation that “‘OSINFOR shall be an independent and separate agency.’”

The Atypical Fashion of the Us-China ‘Phase 1’-Deal: Context, Content and Perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-370
Author(s):  
Caroline Glöckle ◽  
Aike Würdemann
Keyword(s):  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Relations ◽  
Trade Law ◽  
Great Achievement ◽  
Bilateral Trade Agreement ◽  
The Us ◽  
Trade War ◽  
Chinese Trade

In January 2020, the US and China finally concluded a bilateral trade agreement amidst an ongoing trade war. From the US side, the US-China ‘phase 1’-deal was hailed as a great achievement. The paper critically examines whether and to what extent the US-China ‘phase 1’-deal can keep up with its promises. In the course of the analysis, the paper finds that the trade deal will neither place US-Chinese trade relations on a new footing, nor does it incentivise China to fundamentally change its economic model. Instead, one may argue that the ‘phase 1’-deal has a harming effect on the multilateral idea of trade law as of today.

Australia/US/China Preferential Trade Negotiations: Building Alliances and Realizing Workers' Rights to a `Voice at the Table'

2007 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 647-672
Author(s):  
Chris Nyland ◽  
Elizabeth Ann Maharaj ◽  
Anne O'Rourke
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
The United States ◽  
Trade Negotiations ◽  
Union Movement ◽  
Bilateral Trade Agreement ◽  
Alliance Building

When the Australian and Chinese governments announced their intention to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement this news generated apprehension among employee bodies. This was because many workers believe China's competitiveness is underpinned by its government's refusal to allow China's workers to realize basic labour rights and because Australian labour and the wider community has been unable to participate in the debate surrounding the proposed agreement. The latter concern is the focus of this article. We accept organized labour has a right to `sit at the table' when trade policy is being determined and that the union movement needs to forge effective alliances if it is to achieve this goal. To assist this process we draw on submissions generated by the United States—Australia (AUSFTA) and Australia—China (ACFTA) trade agreements to argue that Australian unions and civil society groupings can influence the outcome of bilateral trade negotiations and in so doing offer suggestions regarding the issues likely to be most conducive to alliance building.

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