Bulletin n. 2/2008
September 2008
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Richez-Baum Béatrice
    La réforme de l'OMC comme opportunité pour définir la stratégie commerciale globale de l'Union européenne
    in Revue de l'Union européenne/Revue du Marché Commun et de l'Union européenne , n. 520, juillet-août ,  2008 ,  416-419
    The European trade policy has not been given much long-term reflection; the think tanks dedicated to it are rare, and the lack of institutionalism in the relations between the European Commission and businesses does not make it any easier for a global vision for the future to emerge. Beyond the promotion of European standards, valued by European Commissioner Peter Mandelson, it is essential for Europe to have long-term trade goals and to practise proselytism on its vision of globalisation. Otherwise, it could end up tagging along in a commercial policy of blind conformity or adaptation. The future of the World Trade Organisation must be where its trade strategy is anchored. Does the European Union want to make the WTO a stabiliser and arbiter of international trade or rather a world governace body? Another issue is the way in which the diversity of the WTO member States is to be adapted to their diverse needs and interests. The Union's commitment concerning these subjects can only further its own trade choices.
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