TY - BOOK ID - 26322200 TI - Trading Voices : The European Union in International Commercial Negotiations PY - 2007 SN - 9780691121154 069112115X PB - Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press DB - UniCat KW - International economic relations KW - European Union KW - Negotiation KW - Négociations KW - European Union countries KW - Pays de l'Union européenne KW - Commerce. KW - Foreign economic relations. KW - Commerce KW - Relations économiques extérieures KW - #SBIB:054.AANKOOP KW - #SBIB:327.7H231 KW - Bargaining KW - Dickering KW - Haggling KW - Higgling KW - Negotiating KW - Negotiations KW - Discussion KW - Psychology, Applied KW - Europese Unie: sociaal-economisch beleid, landbouw-, milieu-, cultuur- en communicatiebeleid KW - EU countries KW - Euroland KW - Europe KW - Foreign economic relations KW - Amsterdam summit (1997). KW - Ayling, Bob. KW - Berlin Wall (1989). KW - British Airways. KW - Buy American Act (1933). KW - Chicago Convention (1944). KW - Committee. KW - Council of Foreign Ministers. KW - Deloitte and Touche. KW - Doha Development Round (2001). KW - European Monetary Union. KW - European Parliament. KW - Export Enhancement Program (U.S.). KW - Genetically Modified Organisms. KW - Government Procurement Code (1979). KW - Group of Eight. KW - Herter, Christian. KW - Hijzen, Theodore. KW - International Grain Agreement. KW - International Monetary Fund. KW - Juppé, Alain. KW - Kantor, Mickey. KW - Kiechle, Ignaz. KW - Lamy, Pascal. KW - Luxembourg. KW - Northwest Airlines. KW - Northwest/KLM alliance. KW - Preeg, Ernest H. KW - Rexrodt, Guenter. KW - Ruggiero, Renato. KW - Sabena (Belguim airlines). KW - Schröder, Gerhard. KW - Seattle debacle (1999). KW - Spaak, Paul-Henri. KW - Titus Livius. KW - Tocqueville, Alexis de. KW - Vietnam War. KW - Viner, Jacob. KW - article XXIV (GATT). KW - autonomy. KW - bargaining theory. KW - codecision procedure. KW - collective preferences. KW - customs union theory. KW - delegation of competence. KW - domestic preferences. KW - electoral cycles. KW - flexibility. KW - non-zero sum game. KW - ratification process. KW - synchronization principle. KW - two-level games. KW - Economic policy, Foreign KW - Economic relations, Foreign KW - Economics, International KW - Foreign economic policy KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International economic policy KW - International economics KW - New international economic order KW - Economic policy KW - International relations KW - Economic sanctions KW - Negotiation - European Union KW - European Union countries - Commerce KW - European Union countries - Foreign economic relations UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:26322200 AB - The European Union, the world's foremost trader, is not an easy bargainer to deal with. Its twenty-five member states have relinquished most of their sovereignty in trade to the supranational level, and in international commercial negotiations, such as those conducted under the World Trade Organization, the EU speaks with a "single voice." This single voice has enabled the Brussels-based institution to impact the distributional outcomes of international trade negotiations and shape the global political economy. 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 four 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. ER -