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THE EUS COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY

To Kathleen

The EUs Common
Commercial Policy

Institutions, interests and ideas

MANFRED ELSIG
University of Zurich

First published 2002 by Ashgate Publishing

Reissued 2018 by Routledge
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Copyright Manfred Elsig 2002

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ISBN 13: 978-1-138-71920-0 (hbk)
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When I began my research project on EU foreign trade policy in 1999, I had a vague idea of the challenges awaiting me. However, I did not expect to encounter such a multitude of interesting facets in a prime facie technocratically dominated policy field. In the years prior to returning to academia, my first visits to the Commission and EFTA headquarters in Brussels was as a young trade diplomat. These were fascinating experiences which sparked a desire to spend more time uncovering the mechanisms and patterns behind this pleasant but chaotic and rather opaque environment. At the time, I did not anticipate that these nagging interests would send me back to University to spend three years seeking answers to my many questions.

This book, which flows out of a PhD project at the University of Zurich, attempts to offer to a broader audience an institutional perspective on the EUs Common Commercial Policy. This is accomplished by providing a framework for analysis, which bundles together approaches from neighbouring disciplines and aims to highlight the paths interests and ideas take in the current EU policy-making environment. The case-studies guide the reader through the current mechanisms in place at the EU level and offer an overview of the challenges the EU is awaiting in light of enlargement.

Numerous people have supported me in my endeavour to whom I would like to express my gratitude. First of all, thanks goes to my family and friends for understanding my physical disappearance for many months, their caring words and their constant encouragement.

Special thanks goes to my interview partners at the European Council, the European Commission, the European Parliament, participants of Art. 133 Committee meetings and members of Brussels-based think tanks and consultancy offices. I very much appreciated the time they took to answer my numerous questions, be it by way of telephone, in their offices, surrounded by piles of EU documents, or in a fancy Hotel bar, where the local beer helped liven the interview. A particular thanks goes to Frans Andriessen, Hans-Friedrich Beseler, Lord Leon Brittan, Kerstin Bollmann, John Clarke, Nicholas Clegg, Andr Donnadou, Karl Falkenberg, Jorge Nuez Ferrer, Robert Madelin, Rolf Mhler, Joo Pacheco, Allan Rosas, Okka-Pekka Salmimies, Rupert Schlegelmilch, Murray Smith, Tom Smith and Carlo Trojan for their time and openness.

Further, I gratefully acknowledge the support of Dieter Ruloff and my colleague at the institute, Sandra Lavenex, who provided an open ear for my periodical doubts on research questions, methodology and the scientific surplus value of my writing.

For comments on earlier drafts and individual sections of the book, I would like to thank Simon Hug and Jrg Monar. Many thanks is also due to the participants in the ECPR Summer school on EUs External Capability and Influence in International Relations, Geneva, August 2000; and in the Summer school of the ECPR Standing Group on Analytical Politics and Public Choice in Konstanz, September 2000.

Other debts incurred are to Mary B. Walsh, an Irish expatriate, for offering her living room during my stay in Brussels and for valuable information on the Brussels network. Moreover, special thanks goes to Franck Amalrik, Dearbhalla Balfe, Christa Brunnschweiler, Michael Flad and Markus Stierli for editorial assistance.

My greatest debt of gratitude goes to my wife Kathleen Elsig, who spent days and nights engaged in proof reading and patiently put up with me during a particularly stressful and challenging time of my life.

M. Elsig, Konstanz, May 2002

ACP Arican, Caribbean and Pacific countries

AoA Agreement on Agriculture

APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

BSE bovine spongiform encephalitis

BverfG Bundesverfassungsgericht

CAP Common Agricultural Policy

CBI Confederation of the British Industry

CCP Common Commercial Policy

CDU Christian Democratic Union

CEEC Central and Eastern European Countries

CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy

COREPER Committee of Permanent Representatives

CSU Christian Social Union

DG Directorate General

DGB Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund

DSU Dispute Settlement Understanding

EC European Community

ECJ European Court of Justice

ECPR European Consortium for Political Research

ECSA European Community Studies Association

ECSC European Coal and Steel Community

EEC European Economic Community

EFTA European Free Trade Area

EMU Economic and Monetary Union

EP European Parliament

EPC European Political Co-operation

EPU European Political Union

EU European Union

EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community

FAO Food and Agricultural Organization

FDI foreign direct investment

FSAP Financial Services Action Plan

FSC Foreign Sales Corporations

FT Financial Times

FTA Free Trade Area

FTAA Free Trade Agreement of the Americas

GAC General Affairs Council

GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services

GATT General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade

GDP gross domestic product

GMO genetically modified organism

IGC Intergovernmental Conference

IGO Intergovernmental Organization

IHT International Herald Tribune

ILO International Labor Union

IMF International Monetary Fund

IP Intellectual Property

IPE International Political Economy

IR international relations

ISPA Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession

JHA Justice and Home Affairs

LDC Least Developed Countries

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