EU Trade Strategies Regionalism and Globalism

All is not well in the World Trade Organization. Does a global economy require global institutions? One possible alternative is interregionalism: economic integration between two distinct regions. This book explores the logic of interregionalism by focusing on the European Union, which has pursued agreements with Latin America, East Asia, and the Southern Mediterranean, among others. Why has the EU pursued this strategy?Based on a novel theoretical framework, the authors in this book explore EU interregionalism to provide us with insight into this new emerging face of the international political economy.

Vinod K. Aggarwal is Professor of Political Science, Affiliated Professor of Business and Public Policy at the Haas School of Business, and Director of the Berkeley Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center (BASC) at the University of California.

Edward Fogarty is a doctoral candidate in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.