The least-developed countries, international trade and the European Union. What about "Everything But Arms"? / Gerrit Faber and Jan Orbie -- The development of EBA/ Jan Orbie -- EBA, EU trade policy and the ACP / Maurizio Carbone -- Bureaucratic competition in EU trade policy / Adrian Van Den...

This paper critically examines the European Union's (EU) trade policy response to the global financial and economic crisis. Contrary to what would be expected, we find that the EU's neoliberal trade paradigm, as frankly presented in the 2006 Global Europe strategy, has not been delegitimized....

The power of the European Parliament in EU trade policy has increased significantly with the Lisbon Treaty. Even though it had already acquired a greater informal role, the codification of its involvement enables the EP to have a stronger say in trade policy. Against the background of increased...