Europe, Canada and the comprehensive economic partnership agreement : taming globalization? / edited by Kurt Hubner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hübner, Kurt, 1953-

Series:

Routledge studies in governance and change in the global era; 8.

Routledge studies in governance and change in the global era ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Canada--Foreign economic relations--Europe.

Canada.

Europe--Foreign economic relations--Europe.

Europe.

Canada--Commercial treaties.

Europe--Commercial treaties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abindon, Oxon. ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Great Recession and the turn towards all forms of protectionism stress the relevance of international trade policy. With the global economy undergoing deep structural changes, the negotiations between Canada and the EU on a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) present a real-time experiment that sheds light on the direction that the relationships between two economic units of the G8 will take. For Canada, an agreement with the EU would end its current dependency on the US; for the EU, an agreement with Canada would be a first with a G8-economy and indicate how its new trade

Contents:

Europe, Canada and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Preface; 1 Canada and the EU: shaping transatlantic relations in the twenty-first century; PART IDriving forces and motifs for the project of a comprehensive economic partnership: the case of the EU; 2 European Union trade policy: the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) towards a new generation of FTAs?; 3 Who scripts European trade policies? Business-government relations in the EU-Canada partnership negotiations

4 What is new with the new trade policy of the EU?PART IICanada and the global political economy; 5 The politics and pitfalls of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; 6 NAFTA unplugged? Canada's three economies and free trade with the EU; 7 Provincial pitfalls: Canadian provinces and the Canada-EU trade negotiations; 8 Federalism, separatism and international trade: the Canadian case; PART IIIRegulatory and tax regimes; 9 A Canadian perspective on the EU's financial architecture

10 Explaining the diverging regulatory approaches to risk regulation between Canada and the EU: the case of genetically modified food labeling11 Canada, capital movements, and the European Union: some tax implications; 12 EU investment treaty-making after Lisbon; PART IVBeyond "traditional" trade agreements; 13 Lessons for Canadian climate policy? Insights from the EUETS' first phase; 14 Facing climate change across the Atlantic: how far apart are Europe and North America?; 15 Euro area stability in a time of crisis; 16 Macroeconomic imbalances and sovereign debt markets

17 Disillusioned with the dollar but unconvinced by the euro: China and global currency competition in the wake of the global financial crisis18 What next? An outlook for the near future; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-74130-5

1-283-10348-6

9786613103482

1-136-74131-3

0-203-81917-9

9780203819173

OCLC:

773564515