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The Trade Do-Gooder? Linkages in EU Free Trade Agreement Negotiations

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Prior to the December 2011 summit between Ukraine and the European Union, both parties had negotiated an ambitious Association Agreement. But it was not signed by the leaders as originally planned.

The author is grateful for comments from Vinod K. Aggarwal, Michael Plummer and other participants in the 2nd meeting of the “Linking Trade, Traditional Security, and Human Security” project, 11–12 August, 2011, East–West Center, Honolulu, funded by grants from the Center for Global Partnership and the Korea Foundation. The views expressed herein are those of the author in his personal capacity and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the Government of Sweden.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    In this chapter “The European Union” denotes the European Union and its predecessors. The general provisions on EU relations with “the wider world” are found in article 3:5 of the Lisbon Treaty.

  2. 2.

    There are two forms of EU Framework Agreements: Cooperation Agreements and Association Agreements. The latter entails closer relations with the EU than the former.

  3. 3.

    The relevant part of the standard non-proliferation clause states that the parties “…agree to co-operate and to contribute to countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction…through full compliance with and national implementation of their existing obligations under international disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements….”

  4. 4.

    For the purpose of FTA negotiations “sustainable development” involves combining commitments on economic/trade, environmental and social measures in a coherent manner to promote sustainable development as originally defined by the Brundtland Commission (Brundtland Commission 1987).

  5. 5.

    The “Copenhagen Criteria” from 1993 establish the basic criteria for EU membership; to uphold a democratic society, to abide by the rule of law, to observe human rights and to maintain a market economy.

  6. 6.

    Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Autonomous Territories, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus and Malta.

  7. 7.

    These instances include decisions on partial suspension of cooperation with Niger in 1996 and 1999, Guinea-Bissau in 1999 and 2004, Comoros in 1999, Ivory Coast in 2000 and 2002, Fiji in 2000 and 2007, Haiti in 2000, Liberia in 2001, Guinea-Conakry in 2003, Zimbabwe in 2002, Central African Republic in 2003, Togo in 2003 and 2004 and Mauritania in 2005. Some of these decisions are still in effect.

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  1. Sweden’s Ambassador to the OECD and UNESCO, Former Director General for Trade in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden

    Anders Ahnlid

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    Vinod K. Aggarwal

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Ahnlid, A. (2013). The Trade Do-Gooder? Linkages in EU Free Trade Agreement Negotiations. In: Aggarwal, V., Govella, K. (eds) Linking Trade and Security. The Political Economy of the Asia Pacific, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4765-8_10

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