EU call for expansion into new areas such as global investment, competition, and environmental rules in addition to liberalization negotiations on agriculture and services. Issues such as global governance, capital mobility, and labor standards are also explored. Brigid Gavin questions whether the EU’s call for path-breaking global negotiations is too ambitious and whether or not it will fail to achieve the required response from its trading partners. Gavin demonstrates how the EU has evolved constitutionally beyond the internal market into a highly developed system of multi-level governance. Non-state actors such as NGOs, labor unions and private industry groups have been increasingly engaged in the discussion, decision-making and implementation of policy. The volume therefore contains important lessons for the WTO. Exploring path-breaking reforms for increased parliamentary control of globalization in the WTO, and providing a concrete model for implementation, this book will be invaluable to academics, policymakers and NGOs in the areas of European studies, institutional relations and international business.

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