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The effect of trade agendas on regulatory governance: when the EU meets the global south
[working paper]
Abstract This paper focuses on the significance of regulatory governance at the regional level. In doing so, it analyzes to what extent and how North-South negotiations give rise to particular forms of regulatory governance in the developing world. To what extent do these forms vary across policy areas? Whic... view more
This paper focuses on the significance of regulatory governance at the regional level. In doing so, it analyzes to what extent and how North-South negotiations give rise to particular forms of regulatory governance in the developing world. To what extent do these forms vary across policy areas? Which elements account for the observed differences and similarities? Empirically, the paper explores the negotiation process between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), which aims to promote trade
liberalization on the one hand, and the harmonization of regulatory frameworks on the other. The focus is on the trade and cooperative agendas involved in trade facilitation and education. Findings suggest that the negotiation of North-South agreements impacts on the ways in which different forms of regulatory
governance are expressed, but this varies among particular policy issues. Both the type of norm promoted and the capacity building mechanisms envisaged create a particular ideational and material context, all of which in turn affects the actor constellation – type of actor, specific role and network configuration – hence leading to different regulatory governance regimes among policy areas, yet within the same tradenegotiation.... view less
Keywords
EU; international economic relations; economic agreement; MERCOSUR; developing country; north-south relations; commerce; regulation; liberalization; governance
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
European Politics
Economic Policy
Free Keywords
regulatory governance regimes
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
33 p.
Series
KFG Working Paper Series, 57
ISSN
1868-7601
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications