Edited by Sangeeta Khorana, Aston University and María García, Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies, University of Bath, UK

'This Handbook is packed full of genuinely useful information. It covers all of the basics - with excellent chapters on the role of EU institutions, for example - and much more besides. EU trade policy has never been more complex or contested and this collection unpacks the issues in a clear and engaging way. Obligatory reading for anyone trying to understand EU trade.'--Annmarie Elijah, Australian National University

• Contents:IntroductionPART I INTRODUCTION TO EU TRADE POLICY FROM A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE1. The Establishment and Development of the European Union and its Trade PolicyNicholas Perdikis and Laurie Perdikis 2. EU International Relations Law: the Power to Conclude International Trade AgreementClair Gammage3. EU Trade Policy from a Political PerspectiveMaría J. GarcíaPART II ACTORS IN EU TRADE POLICY4. The European Commission’s Role in Trade PolicyLars Nilsson5. The Council: Between European Legislator and National ExecutiveJohan Adriaensen6. The European ParliamentGuri Rosén7. EU Trade Policy and Civil SocietyMatthew Eagleton-Pierce8. Business-Government Relations in EU Trade PoliticsJappe EckhardtPART III EU TRADE POLICY IN PRACTICE9. Trade Policy and Foreign Policy in the European UnionMichael Smith10. The EU’s Foreign Trade Policy Towards its Eastern Frontier: Assessing its Triangular Trade Relationship with Ukraine and Russia in the Context of the Ukraine CrisisNicholas Ross Smith11. The EU and Africa: Trade, Development and the Politics of Inter-regionalismTony Heron and Peg Murray-Evans12. The Promotion of Social Trade by the European Union in its External Trade RelationsLore Van den Putte and Samantha Velluti13. The role of ideas in legitimating EU trade policy: from the Single Market Programme to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment PartnershipFerdi De Ville and Gabriel Siles-Brügge14. Re-shaping Global Borders: EU Trade Policy and the Interregional PreferencePhilippe De Lombaerde, Ludger Kühnhardt and Mario Filadoro 15. The European Union and Fair Trade: Hands-Off?Deborah Martens and Jan Orbie16. European Union Trade Agreements and Global Value ChainsAdrian Smith17. Trade, Competitiveness and the China FactorMin Shu18. EU and Developing Asia Trade Dispute Settlement: Assertive Legalism for Political AutonomyLeïla Choukroune19. Building a Special Place in Europe-Asia Trade: EU-Singapore Commercial RelationsWilliam A. Kerr20. Singapore IssuesWilliam A. Kerr21. The Digital Single Market: Move from Traditional to Digital?Sangeeta Khorana and W. Gregory VossIndex

Edited by Sangeeta Khorana, Aston University and María García, Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies, University of Bath, UK

'This Handbook is packed full of genuinely useful information. It covers all of the basics - with excellent chapters on the role of EU institutions, for example - and much more besides. EU trade policy has never been more complex or contested and this collection unpacks the issues in a clear and engaging way. Obligatory reading for anyone trying to understand EU trade.'--Annmarie Elijah, Australian National University

• Contents:IntroductionPART I INTRODUCTION TO EU TRADE POLICY FROM A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE1. The Establishment and Development of the European Union and its Trade PolicyNicholas Perdikis and Laurie Perdikis 2. EU International Relations Law: the Power to Conclude International Trade AgreementClair Gammage3. EU Trade Policy from a Political PerspectiveMaría J. GarcíaPART II ACTORS IN EU TRADE POLICY4. The European Commission’s Role in Trade PolicyLars Nilsson5. The Council: Between European Legislator and National ExecutiveJohan Adriaensen6. The European ParliamentGuri Rosén7. EU Trade Policy and Civil SocietyMatthew Eagleton-Pierce8. Business-Government Relations in EU Trade PoliticsJappe EckhardtPART III EU TRADE POLICY IN PRACTICE9. Trade Policy and Foreign Policy in the European UnionMichael Smith10. The EU’s Foreign Trade Policy Towards its Eastern Frontier: Assessing its Triangular Trade Relationship with Ukraine and Russia in the Context of the Ukraine CrisisNicholas Ross Smith11. The EU and Africa: Trade, Development and the Politics of Inter-regionalismTony Heron and Peg Murray-Evans12. The Promotion of Social Trade by the European Union in its External Trade RelationsLore Van den Putte and Samantha Velluti13. The role of ideas in legitimating EU trade policy: from the Single Market Programme to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment PartnershipFerdi De Ville and Gabriel Siles-Brügge14. Re-shaping Global Borders: EU Trade Policy and the Interregional PreferencePhilippe De Lombaerde, Ludger Kühnhardt and Mario Filadoro 15. The European Union and Fair Trade: Hands-Off?Deborah Martens and Jan Orbie16. European Union Trade Agreements and Global Value ChainsAdrian Smith17. Trade, Competitiveness and the China FactorMin Shu18. EU and Developing Asia Trade Dispute Settlement: Assertive Legalism for Political AutonomyLeïla Choukroune19. Building a Special Place in Europe-Asia Trade: EU-Singapore Commercial RelationsWilliam A. Kerr20. Singapore IssuesWilliam A. Kerr21. The Digital Single Market: Move from Traditional to Digital?Sangeeta Khorana and W. Gregory VossIndex

Edited by Sangeeta Khorana, Aston University and María García, Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies, University of Bath, UK

'This Handbook is packed full of genuinely useful information. It covers all of the basics - with excellent chapters on the role of EU institutions, for example - and much more besides. EU trade policy has never been more complex or contested and this collection unpacks the issues in a clear and engaging way. Obligatory reading for anyone trying to understand EU trade.'--Annmarie Elijah, Australian National University

• Contents:IntroductionPART I INTRODUCTION TO EU TRADE POLICY FROM A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE1. The Establishment and Development of the European Union and its Trade PolicyNicholas Perdikis and Laurie Perdikis 2. EU International Relations Law: the Power to Conclude International Trade AgreementClair Gammage3. EU Trade Policy from a Political PerspectiveMaría J. GarcíaPART II ACTORS IN EU TRADE POLICY4. The European Commission’s Role in Trade PolicyLars Nilsson5. The Council: Between European Legislator and National ExecutiveJohan Adriaensen6. The European ParliamentGuri Rosén7. EU Trade Policy and Civil SocietyMatthew Eagleton-Pierce8. Business-Government Relations in EU Trade PoliticsJappe EckhardtPART III EU TRADE POLICY IN PRACTICE9. Trade Policy and Foreign Policy in the European UnionMichael Smith10. The EU’s Foreign Trade Policy Towards its Eastern Frontier: Assessing its Triangular Trade Relationship with Ukraine and Russia in the Context of the Ukraine CrisisNicholas Ross Smith11. The EU and Africa: Trade, Development and the Politics of Inter-regionalismTony Heron and Peg Murray-Evans12. The Promotion of Social Trade by the European Union in its External Trade RelationsLore Van den Putte and Samantha Velluti13. The role of ideas in legitimating EU trade policy: from the Single Market Programme to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment PartnershipFerdi De Ville and Gabriel Siles-Brügge14. Re-shaping Global Borders: EU Trade Policy and the Interregional PreferencePhilippe De Lombaerde, Ludger Kühnhardt and Mario Filadoro 15. The European Union and Fair Trade: Hands-Off?Deborah Martens and Jan Orbie16. European Union Trade Agreements and Global Value ChainsAdrian Smith17. Trade, Competitiveness and the China FactorMin Shu18. EU and Developing Asia Trade Dispute Settlement: Assertive Legalism for Political AutonomyLeïla Choukroune19. Building a Special Place in Europe-Asia Trade: EU-Singapore Commercial RelationsWilliam A. Kerr20. Singapore IssuesWilliam A. Kerr21. The Digital Single Market: Move from Traditional to Digital?Sangeeta Khorana and W. Gregory VossIndex