The increasing impact of the international trade governance regime on the domestic regulatory sphere and the growing inter-linkages between international companies through their involvement in global value chains, have complicated corporate political activity (CPA) in the trade arena and changed...

It is an accepted view in the trade policy literature that those who lose from external trade are much more easily mobilized politically than those benefiting from it. As a consequence, the argument goes, there is an over-representation of protectionist interests in the political arena and a...

In this paper I analyze, from a European viewpoint, the evolution of EU-China trade relations in general and EU’s trade policy towards China more in particular. To this end I will answer the following question: in what ways has EU’s trade policy towards China changed between 1978 and 2009...

Business lobbying and EU trade governance in a world of global value chains -- The safeguard case against Chinese clothing products -- The EU anti-dumping case against Chinese and Vietnamese shoes -- The EU anti-dumping cases against Vietnamese bicycles -- Conclusions