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Backdoor Bargaining: How the European Union Navigates the Food Aid Regime Complex
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Abstract Scholars have long observed that states play off overlapping international institutions against one another in an effort to advance their policy objectives. This article identifies a strategy utilized by the EU in response to regime complexity that I term "backdoor bargaining." Unlike forum-shopping... view more
Scholars have long observed that states play off overlapping international institutions against one another in an effort to advance their policy objectives. This article identifies a strategy utilized by the EU in response to regime complexity that I term "backdoor bargaining." Unlike forum-shopping, regime-shifting, and competitive-regime creation strategies, which states use to move multilateral negotiations to an institution that they expect will produce a more favorable outcome, backdoor bargaining involves a state using negotiations within one institution to gain an advantage in negotiations taking place at another distinct institution in a regime complex. I demonstrate the plausibility of backdoor bargaining by showing that the EU used the renegotiation of the Food Aid Convention as a strategy to gain bargaining leverage in the agriculture negotiations at the World Trade Organization. The article also offers insights into the potential consequences of international regime complexity for the EU as a global actor and the coherence of its foreign policies.... view less
Keywords
EU; WTO; commerce; political negotiation; international agreement; international regime
Classification
European Politics
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
European Union; Food Aid Convention; World Trade Organization; international negotiation; policy coherence; regime complexes; trade
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 29-38
Journal
Politics and Governance, 11 (2023) 2
Issue topic
The European Union and International Regime Complexes
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed