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• Indien, Brasilien Und Südafrika in Der Doha-Runde: Handelspolitische Interessen Und Entscheidungsstrukturen

India, Brazil and South Africa belong to the most intractable blocking actors in the Doha Round. In order to explain this posture, reference is frequently made to the lack of willingness to compromise on the part of the other central actors EU and USA. In addition, the three countries' interests in the construction of an alliance of the South are cited as motivation for blocking the negotiations. This paper, however, accepts that trade policy is a two-level game and shows that the configurations of national decision processes in India, Brazil and South Africa and the resulting influence of specific interest groups significantly contribute to consolidating the blockade position. Against this backdrop, the authors are sceptical about the prospects of a compromise solution to the Doha Round.

... (Free Trade Area of the Americas - FTAA) sowie der gradu- eilen Liberalisierung und Öffnu...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 63 Num. 1, Mars 2008

• Global Europe: Old Mercantilist Wine in New Bottles?

This paper analyses the European Commission's communication Global Europe and attempts to demonstrate that the substance behind the shift in emphasis towards bilateral trade policy is an extension of existing EU bilateral trade policy; that the shift is not convincingly justified by the analysis in the EU Commission papers; that the shift might be best thought of as an attempt to re-energise corporate sector support for trade liberalisation in the face of the suspension of the Doha Development Agenda and a weakening of political support for trade liberalisation.

... of a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The lack of any substantive progress in negotiat... grains, oilseeds, livestock and sugar from Brazil and Argentina in particular would be tantamount to...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 61 Num. 4, Décembre 2006

• The Eu New Trade Policy and the Perspectives for an Eu-Mercosur Agreement

This article aims to address the European Union's new trade policy, expressed by the European Commission Communication "Global Europe: Competing in the World", and the ongoing negotiations to form the EU-Mercosur FTA. The Communication selected Mercosur as a priority, based on two economic criteria: The market potential and the level of protection against EU exports. Mercosur also considers such an agreement as a top priority in its agenda since it already has the EU as its main trade partner and faces many tariff and non-tariff barriers to its exports to the bloc. However, the ongoing negotiations among the two blocs that began in 1999 are still far from conclusion.

... of the bloc is questionable, since Brazil, its largest member, has showed an average annual ... of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), Mercosur is not negotiating with any other direc...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 61 Num. 4, Décembre 2006