Trading voices : the European Union in international commercial negotiations / Sophie Meunier.

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2005]

©2005

HF3496.5 .M48 2005

069112115X (cl. ; alk. paper)
9780691121154 (cl. ; alk. paper)
0691130507 (pbk.)
9780691130507 (pbk.)

xiii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

9780691121154

(OCoLC)56608481

"Trading Voices is the most comprehensive book about the politics of trade policy in the EU and the role of the EU as a central actor in international commercial negotiations. Sophie Meunier explores how this pooling of trade policy-making and external representation affects the EU's bargaining power in international trade talks. Using institutionalist analysis, she argues that its complex institutional procedures and multiple masters have, more than once, forced its trade partners to give in to an EU speaking with a single voice."
"Through analysis of transatlantic commercial negotiations over agriculture, public procurement, and civil aviation, Trading Voices explores the politics of international trade bargaining. It also addresses the salient political question of whether efficiency at negotiating comes at the expense of democratic legitimacy. Finally, this book looks at how the EU, with its recent enlargement and proposed constitution, might become an even more formidable rival to the United States in shaping globalization."--Jacket.

"Through analysis of transatlantic commercial negotiations over agriculture, public procurement, and civil aviation, Trading Voices explores the politics of international trade bargaining. It also addresses the salient political question of whether efficiency at negotiating comes at the expense of democratic legitimacy. Finally, this book looks at how the EU, with its recent enlargement and proposed constitution, might become an even more formidable rival to the United States in shaping globalization."--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index.

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