Trade-Development Nexus in the European Union

<p>This volume offers new perspectives on the evolution of the trade–development nexus in the European Union against dramatic changes in the international context. Without disregarding them it seeks to go beyond the controversial and extensively researched Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). In particular it focuses on the reform of the Generalised System of Preferences the negotiation of various Preferential Trade Agreements the application of trade sanctions the allegedly ambitious agendas on decent work Aid for Trade and aid untying and the implications of the changing balance of power in global economic relations. Taking diverse approaches and at times reaching different conclusions contributors directly or indirectly address one or more of the three general themes of the book: differentiation coherence and norms.</p><p></p><p>This book was published as a special issue of <em>Contemporary Politics</em>.</p>