A Geo-Economic Turn in Trade Policy?

Johan Adriaensen is Assistant Professor at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. His research focuses on institutional politics and EU trade policy. He is the author of “National Administrations in EU trade policy” (Palgrave, 2016). Evgeny Postnikov is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at The University of Melbourne, Australia. He has published on trade and sustainable development in leading journals and is author of “Social Standards in EU and US Trade Agreements” (2020).

Introduction.- Part I. Negotiating trade amidst geo-economic turbulence.- Chapter 1. China growing assertiveness and its implications for EU trade policy in the region.- Chapter 2. US mercantilism and its implications for EU trade policy in the region.- Chapter 3. The changing nature of trade policy, global supply chains and EU-Asia relations.- Part II. Designing trade agreements to withstand turbulent times.- Chapter 4. Most Favoured Nation.- Chapter 5. Rules of Origin.- Chapter 6. Intellectual Property Rights.- Chapter 7. Regulatory cooperation.- Chapter 8. Sustainable development.- Section III: Parallel negotiations and overlapping agreements.- Chapter 9. EU Trade relations with Korea.- Chapter 10. EU Trade relations with Australia.- Chapter 11. EU Trade relations with Singapore.- Chapter 12. EU Trade relations with Vietnam.- Chapter 13. EU Trade relations with Indonesia.- Conclusion.