Abstract
Brexit is a huge challenge with enormous consequences for future UK trade policy. But it will also have an impact on the common external trade policy of the EU, and, thus, on one of the core components of EU foreign policy. This contribution analyses Britain’s role in the formulation of EU trade policy and the likely repercussions of its departure, particularly regarding the effectiveness of the EU as trade negotiator and the preferences it represents internationally. I use three theoretical lenses to address these questions: the first lens focuses on likely changes in the material power and interests of the EU; the second looks at the institutional consequences of Brexit for the formulation of EU foreign trade policy, and the third addresses potential changes in external perceptions of the EU as a trade power. It will be argued that neither the effectiveness of the EU as global trade power, nor the substance of its interests, will change substantially.
Reference75 articles.
1. Adriaensen, J. (2016), National Administrations in EU Trade Policy: Maintaining the Capacity to Control. Palgrave Macmillan.
2. Allison-Reumann, L., Matera, M. & Murray, P. (2018), Assessing Australia’s options in the context of Brexit: engaging with the UK and the EU, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 72:3, 287–303, DOI:10.1080/10357718.2018.1453482
3. Balls, E. et al. (2018), On the Rebound: Prospects for a US-UK Free Trade Agreement, M-RCBG Associate Working Paper Series, No. 89 (May), Harvard.
4. Bauer, M. (2016), Manufacturing Discontent: The Rise to Power of Anti-TTIP Groups, ECIPE Occasional Papers: 1–147. Brussels: ECIPE.
5. BBC (2019), Brexit: What Trade Deals has the UK done so far? 19 March; https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47213842 (21.3.2019).
Cited by
4 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献
1. Post-Brexit trade policy in the UK: placebo policy-making?;Journal of European Public Policy;2023-07-26
2. Trade Negotiations;Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics;2023
3. Competing Logics of Integration: EU Trade Post-Brexit;International Studies;2021-04
4. Trade;Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations;2021