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...

This paper seeks to expand our understanding of Corporate Political Activity (CPA) in trade policy by exploring the strategic responses of EU trade dependent firms (TDFs) to the recent backlash against globalization. We develop propositions on likely corporate strategies in this context and...

World textiles trade has long been distorted by a series of quota limitations on market access institutionalised in the Multi Fibres Agreement (MFA). One of the key achievements of the Uruguay Round was the liberalisation of the sector through the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC). This...

This paper seeks to explore the relationship between the rules of origin (ROO) governing preferential trade regimes and trade and investment flows. We focus on the regimes in the key markets of the EU and the US. Firstly we look at overall imports, where we do not find liberal ROO to be a key...