{"id":187,"date":"2020-10-30T09:39:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T13:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/?page_id=187"},"modified":"2024-08-08T12:08:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T16:08:41","slug":"politicization-of-trade-relations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/thematic-areas\/politicization-of-trade-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Politicization of trade relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This module seeks to improve scholarly and policy-related knowledge about the reasons why some trade agreements \u2013 but not others \u2013 become politically contentious. Illustratively, the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the European Union (EU) received much attention by interest groups, political parties, and citizens. The opposition to the planned agreement in some European countries contributed to its demise. By contrast, the negotiations for an agreement between the EU and Japan never arose much interest beyond a narrow circle.<\/p>\n<p>The module discusses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, how politicization patterns can be measured, and which indicators help to capture the extent of politicization of a specific trade agreement.<\/li>\n<li>Second, which factors prove relevant to explain variation in politicization across trade agreements. For example, politicization may mainly be a function of characteristics of the partner country\/countries with which the EU is negotiating (anti-Americanism or fear of regulatory downgrading driving the politicization of TTIP) or of the contents of the negotiations (scope and depth of the regulatory agenda), or the different opportunity structures and varieties of capitalism arrangements in different EU member states.<\/li>\n<li>Third, under which circumstances politicization affects trade policy. The underlying question here is whether politicization undermines the possibility for a pro-active European trade policy or whether it just changes the way trade negotiations have to be carried out (e.g. increase the transparency of the negotiations; separate agreements on exclusive EU competences from mixed, EU &amp; member state competences).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By addressing these issues, the module provides important conceptual foundations for the other network themes, which examine aspects of trade policy affected to various degrees by politicization.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/JM-Network-Trade-Brochure-Module-1-revised-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the module brochure.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Module publication<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/2023\/new-publication-special-issue-on-reacting-to-the-politicization-of-trade-policy-edited-by-dirk-de-bievre-andreas-dur-and-scott-hamilton\/\"><strong>\u201cReacting to the Politicization of Trade Policy\u201d<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Special Issue of the <em>Journal of European Public Policy<\/em>, Vol 31, No 1 (2024)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Dirk De Bi\u00e8vre, Andreas D\u00fcr and Scott Hamilton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Module workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reacting to the Contestation of Trade Policy in the Transatlantic Area, Workshop I<br \/>\nUniversity of Antwerp, November 2021<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/JM-Network-Workshop-Contestation-Workshop-I-Nov-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Workshop program<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reacting to the Contestation of Trade Policy in the Transatlantic Area, Workshop II<br \/>\nParis Lodron University of Salzburg, May 2022<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/JM-Network-Contestation-Workshop-2-May-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Workshop Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Contemporary Challenges to Trade and Trade Policy (workshop for emerging scholars)<br \/>\nParis Lodron University of Salzburg, May 2024<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/JM-Network-Contestation-Workshop-3-May-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Workshop program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/people-archive\/module-1\/\">Our scholars leading this module are:<\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"content-wrapper content-wrapper--shortcode\"><div class=\"cards-wrapper\"><div class=\"u-post-reload\">\n<div class=\"card card--no-underline card--people-list\">\n<a class=\"card__link equalheight\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/people\/dirk-de-bievre\/\">\n\t<div class=\"card__people-thumb\"><img width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/de-Bi\u00e8vre-Dirk-Resized-1-200x200.jpg\" class=\"card__image card__image--people\" alt=\"Profile photo of Dirk De Bi\u00e8vre\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Round thumbnail photo of Dirk De Bi\u00e8vre\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><h3 class=\"card__heading card__heading--people u-center-text u-hide-in-toc\">Dirk De Bi\u00e8vre<\/h3><p class=\"card__subtitle u-center-text\">Module Co-Leader on politicization of trade relations<\/p>\t<p class=\"card__more-link u-center-text\">Full Profile<\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card card--no-underline card--people-list\">\n<a class=\"card__link equalheight\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/people\/andreas-dur\/\">\n\t<div class=\"card__people-thumb\"><img width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/D\u00fcr-Andreas-Resized-200x200.jpg\" class=\"card__image card__image--people\" alt=\"Profile photo of Andreas D\u00fcr\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Round thumbnail photo of Andreas D\u00fcr\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><h3 class=\"card__heading card__heading--people u-center-text u-hide-in-toc\">Andreas D\u00fcr<\/h3><p class=\"card__subtitle u-center-text\">Module Co-Leader on politicization of trade relations<\/p>\t<p class=\"card__more-link u-center-text\">Full Profile<\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tradenetwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/ErasmusSupport-400x82.jpg\" alt=\"With the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This module seeks to improve scholarly and policy-related knowledge about the reasons why some trade agreements \u2013 but not others \u2013 become politically contentious. 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