EU Regional Trade Agreements

Maryna Rabinovych is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Policy and Governance at the Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine.

• Introduction 1. The Concept of the Rule of Law in the EU External Action 2. EU External Economic Policy: History and the Legal Basis 3. The Interplay between Trade Liberalization and the Rule of law in the Development Context: Towards the Concept of EU Value-Promoting Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) 4. EU Rule of Law Promotion through RTAs in Third States: The "Regulation" Dimension 5. EU Rule of Law Promotion through RTAs in Third States: The "Action" Dimension 6. Coherence between the "Regulation" and "Action" Dimensions of the Rule of Law Promotion through RTAs 7. Coherence between the Rule of Law Promotion through RTAs and EU Broader Rule of Law Promotion Activities (External Coherence): The Case of the Justice Sector Reforms 8. The EU-Ukraine DCFTA as an Instrument of Promoting the Rule of Law: Conflict, Unique Approaches to Assistance and Unexpected Spillovers. Outlook and Recommendations

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