What Role for Civil Society in Cross-Regional Mega-Deals? A Comparative Analysis of EU and US Trade Policies
The Transpacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) have been described as “next generation” agreements owing to their broad geographic scope and the many regulatory spheres upon which they encroach. This article assesses governmental initiatives to inclu...
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| description | The Transpacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) have been described as “next generation” agreements owing to their broad geographic scope and the many regulatory spheres upon which they encroach. This article assesses governmental initiatives to include new trade policy stakeholders in the design of new cross-regional free trade agreements. The objective is to develop an analytical framework to evaluate the inclusiveness and accountability of trade policymaking. To do so, the paper proceeds in three parts. The first part reviews the literature on free trade agreements to shed light on the relative “paucity of studies concerned with the democratic governance of “new cross-regionalism.” The second part attempts to remedy this problem through a theoretical discussion of civil society inclusion and participatory democracy in the trade policy sphere. The third part uses this methodological toolbox to analyze the respective experiences of the United States and the European Union within the context of TTIP and TPP. My ambition is less to provide an exhaustive analysis of these two complex sets of institutions and policies than to define a research agenda to assess the challenges and stakes of bringing new trade stakeholders in trade policymaking. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-583f0d105ed74ce59e0e44042382157b2024-02-15T12:54:25ZengAssociation d'Economie PolitiqueRevue Interventions Économiques0715-35701710-73775510.4000/interventionseconomiques.2839What Role for Civil Society in Cross-Regional Mega-Deals? A Comparative Analysis of EU and US Trade PoliciesJean-Baptiste VelutThe Transpacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) have been described as “next generation” agreements owing to their broad geographic scope and the many regulatory spheres upon which they encroach. This article assesses governmental initiatives to include new trade policy stakeholders in the design of new cross-regional free trade agreements. The objective is to develop an analytical framework to evaluate the inclusiveness and accountability of trade policymaking. To do so, the paper proceeds in three parts. The first part reviews the literature on free trade agreements to shed light on the relative “paucity of studies concerned with the democratic governance of “new cross-regionalism.” The second part attempts to remedy this problem through a theoretical discussion of civil society inclusion and participatory democracy in the trade policy sphere. The third part uses this methodological toolbox to analyze the respective experiences of the United States and the European Union within the context of TTIP and TPP. My ambition is less to provide an exhaustive analysis of these two complex sets of institutions and policies than to define a research agenda to assess the challenges and stakes of bringing new trade stakeholders in trade policymaking.https://journals.openedition.org/interventionseconomiques/2839civil societytrade policynew cross-regionalismTrans-Pacific PartnershipTransatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership |
| spellingShingle | Jean-Baptiste Velut What Role for Civil Society in Cross-Regional Mega-Deals? A Comparative Analysis of EU and US Trade Policies Revue Interventions Économiques civil society trade policy new cross-regionalism Trans-Pacific Partnership Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership |
| title | What Role for Civil Society in Cross-Regional Mega-Deals? A Comparative Analysis of EU and US Trade Policies |
| title_full | What Role for Civil Society in Cross-Regional Mega-Deals? A Comparative Analysis of EU and US Trade Policies |
| title_fullStr | What Role for Civil Society in Cross-Regional Mega-Deals? A Comparative Analysis of EU and US Trade Policies |
| title_full_unstemmed | What Role for Civil Society in Cross-Regional Mega-Deals? A Comparative Analysis of EU and US Trade Policies |
| title_short | What Role for Civil Society in Cross-Regional Mega-Deals? A Comparative Analysis of EU and US Trade Policies |
| title_sort | what role for civil society in cross regional mega deals a comparative analysis of eu and us trade policies |
| topic | civil society trade policy new cross-regionalism Trans-Pacific Partnership Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership |
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