Commerce and Security Meet in the European Union’s Trade Defence Instruments

Mercantilist policies, protectionism, Chinese and US violations of the spirit—if not always the rules—of the World Trade Organization, along with supply chain vulnerabilities, trade wars, and illegal state subsidies have all contributed to a rise in the weaponisation of commerce (using trade in resp...

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Autores: Garcia-Duran Huet, Patricia, Eliasson, Leif Johan, Costa, Oriol
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/212925
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/212925
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Seguretat de l'Estat
Països de la Unió Europea
Política comercial
Internal security
European Union countries
Commercial policy
Descrição
Resumo:Mercantilist policies, protectionism, Chinese and US violations of the spirit—if not always the rules—of the World Trade Organization, along with supply chain vulnerabilities, trade wars, and illegal state subsidies have all contributed to a rise in the weaponisation of commerce (using trade in response to, or to achieve, political decisions or acts) across the globe. The weaponisation and geo‐politicisation of trade pose a challenge for the EU, which is poorly suited for a game of power politics. Its common commercial policy developed separately from the intergovernmental foreign and security policy. (...)