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1. 1. Achieving Sustainability through Bilateral Trade Agreements: A Comparative Legal Study on Sustainable Development Provisions in the EU’s Bilateral Trade Agreements

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Muhammad Hafiz Hannibal; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development Provision; Sustainable Development; Bilateral Trade Agreement; Trade Agreement; Environment; Social; Climate Change; Labour; EU-South Korea; EU-Mercosur; EU-New Zealand.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Following the current global wave of sustainable development, the EU has been playing a leading role in reshaping the global trade landscape with its ambitious sustainable trade toolboxes. Particularly, the evolvement of sustainable development provisions in EU’s Bilateral Trade Agreements (BTA) have sparked growing discussions and debates in the legal arena. READ MORE

3. 2. Indigenous Interests in Interantional Trade Goverance : A case study of the APIB and the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Emilia Hallström; [2021]
   Keywords : Articulation of Indigenous People Brazil; EU-Mercosur Agreement; Trade Governance; Sustainable Development; marginalised groups; Indigenous Agency; Civil Society Actors; Subaltern social movement theory.;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses indigenous groups agency in trade governance to enhance their ability to affect international decision-making that benefits their capability to sustainable development. It conducts a case study of Articulation of Indigenous People Brazil (APIB) in the EU-Mercosur Agreement and utilizes Eimers (2020) theory of subaltern social movement theory to establish: what strategies the APIB have used in the decision-making processes of the “Mercosur Agreement?  This theory allows consideration of indigenous agency and the effect of post-colonial structures on their capability to keep control over their realties. READ MORE

4. 3. Free Trade Agreements and Gender (In)Equality: The Possible Gendered Consequences of the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Elin Nilsson; [2020-08-07]
   Keywords : Free Trade Agreements; Sustainability Impact Assessments; Mercosur; European Union; Gender Equality; Gender Mainstreaming; Intersectionality;

   Abstract : The newly negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur has provoked both political and public controversy. Gender equality is one of the core values of the EU, and a prerequisite for a sustainable development. READ MORE

5. 4. The Bargaining Triangle: Negotiations on Free Trade Agreements between the EU-Mercosur and the United States-Mercosur. The Case of Brazil's Foreign Policy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Anna Hallberg; [2007]
   Keywords : Brazil; Mercosur; EU; US; deadlock; foreign policy; free trade negotiation.; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Why has neither the EU nor the United States been able to conclude an agreement on free trade with Mercosur? Many factors have affected the negotiation process and its outcome, and one of them is the role of Brazil. The aim of this thesis is to describe and to explain which factors, based on different theoretical concepts that have influenced the Brazilian foreign policy towards the negotiations between the EU-Mercosur and the United States-Mercosur, and its outcome. READ MORE

6. 5. The EU and the US Competing for Mercosur - Trade Strategies and Political Goals

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Leslie Wehner; [2005]
   Keywords : EU; US; Mercosur; Interregionalism; Trade strategies; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores the sources of power that the EU and US use in their relations with Mercosur. The theoretical framework is drawn from the complex interdependence theory. READ MORE