Alasdair R. Young Knihy

Politics and policy in the EU : the challenge of governance / Helen Wallace -- Institutions of the EU : experience and experiments / Helen Wallace -- Budget / Brigid Laffan and Michael Shackleton -- Common agricultural policy / Elmar Rieger -- Single market / Helen Wallace and Alasdair R. Young -- Competition policy / David Allen -- Social policy / Stephan Leibfried and Paul Pierson -- Cohesion and structural adjustment / David Allen -- Environmental policy / Alberta Sbragia -- Energy policy / Janne Haaland Matlary -- Economic and monetary union / Loukas Tsoukalis -- EU policy in the Uruguay Round / Stephen Woolcock and Michael Hodges -- EU policy for the banana market / Christopher Stevens -- Policies towards central and eastern Europe / Ulrich Sedelmeier and Helen Wallace -- Justice and home affairs / Monica den Boer -- Common foreign and security policy / Anthony Forster and William Wallace -- Government without statehood : the unstable equilibrium / William Wallace

Modern trade policy in the 21st century is the focal point of this analysis, exploring the European Union's role as a global actor. The book examines how the EU employs trade policy not only to promote development and human rights but also to encourage environmental protection and address security threats. Through this lens, it highlights the multifaceted nature of trade as a tool for foreign policy within the context of global challenges.

A penetrating analysis of the complexities of the TTIP negotiations, which explores why they have proved so difficult to conclude, what motivates the different parties concerned and what implications there are for future trade deals, especially for the UK in its post-Brexit negotiations and for other nations now facing a more protectionist stance from the United States.