Essays about: "regional trade"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 177 essays containing the words regional trade.

  1. 1. THE EU AS A CHANGING GLOBAL TRADE ACTOR? Examining the Role of Geo-economics on the Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Daniël Hubertus Wilhelmus Maria Bruning; [2023-06-20]
    Keywords : European Union; ASEAN; Trade actor; Geo-economics; Strategic importance; Normative actor; Market interested actor; Vietnam; Mexico; Indonesia; Chile; Trade and Sustainable Development TSD chapter; Free Trade Agreements FTAs ;

    Abstract : Global developments have led to regional economic power competitions, increasing the significance of strategic Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in specific regions. These developments challenge the EU as a trade actor necessitating a prioritisation between its traditional normative goals and market interests. READ MORE

  3. 2. In Trade and War : An analysis of interdependence theory and Russo-German gas relations

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Beatrice Björkman; [2023]
    Keywords : interdependence; interdependence theory; trade expectations; Keohane; Nye; Dale; power and interdependence; economic interdependence and war; trade; energy trade; conflict; energy conflict; natural gas; Germany; Russia; congruence method; interdependens; interdependensteori; Keohane; Nye; Dale; handel; energi; konflikt; naturgas; Tyskland; Ryssland; kongruensmetod;

    Abstract : The European security order has for an extended period of time time rested on the assumption that interstate trade, and other economic ties, will lower the incentives for conflict initiation and thereby result in peace. This assumption was called into question on February 24, 2022, by the Russian re-invasion of Ukraine. READ MORE

  4. 3. Cultural backlash to globalization and right-wing power: Import competition shaping sexual beliefs in Western Europe

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Matteo Magnano; [2023]
    Keywords : Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Does economic globalization impact sexual beliefs, contributing to the rise of right-wing parties? Although voters may not discern threats from trade shocks, individual economic insecurity theoretically impacts cultural attitudes and sparks a backlash towards outgroups, in turn contributing to right-wing candidates that campaign leveraging intolerance. Considering that scholars provide evidence for import competition strengthening support for right-wing parties, this study accounts for the peculiarities of European Parliament elections and their electoral outcomes of 2019. READ MORE

  5. 4. Regional Migrant Workers in Thailand: Precarity and Resistance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : My Stenquist; [2023]
    Keywords : Labour law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In recent decades, Thailand's economy has grown significantly and in one generation the country has gone from being classified as a low-income country to an upper-middle-income country. Combined with an ageing population, this has created labour shortages particularly in sectors with many low-skilled jobs, such as fishing, agriculture and manufacturing. READ MORE

  6. 5. Regional Power Asymmetries and their Effects on Regional Integration: The Case of ECOWAS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Axel Fégeant; [2022]
    Keywords : Trade integration; Africa; ECOWAS; Hegemon; Nigeria; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : African regional trade integration remains an understudied field as most of the theories and concepts applied to the phenomenon have been largely drawn in the background of the European context. This study aims to study the Economic Community of West African States by applying a new theoretical approach that posits that there are two logics for developing countries to integrate regionally, an extra-regional and intraregional. READ MORE