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...

"This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. China's resurgence has spawned anxieties about an impending...

During the last two decades, the number of manufacturers in the European Union (EU) that have outsourced (part of their) production to low-wage countries has increased enormously. At the same time there are also still plenty of firms that produce their products (almost) entirely in the EU. This...

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...

Why did the European Union (EU) attempt yet fail to reform its anti-dumping legislation between 2006 and 2008? We analyse this attempt to reform a legislative act regulating interest groups' access to public decision-makers by relying on collective action and principal – agent theory. Contrary...

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

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the simultaneous evolution of LOF and AOF in the context of environmental protection (EP) companies from Europe in the Chinese market. Design/methodology/approach: The authors adopt a qualitative, case study approach, using interview data to...