Global Governance through Trade

Edited by Jan Wouters, Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam EU and Global Governance and Director, Institute for International Law and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Axel Marx, Deputy Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Dylan Geraets, Associate, Mayer Brown, Brussels and Associate Fellow, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium and Bregt Natens, Associate, Sidley Austin LLP, Brussels

• Contents:1. Global Governance Through Trade: An IntroductionAxel Marx, Bregt Natens, Dylan Geraets and Jan WoutersPART I DEFINING GOVERNANCE THROUGH TRADE2. Market Power Europe and New EU Trade PoliciesChad Damro3. Good Global Governance through Trade: Constitutional MooringsJoris LarikPART II ‘EXPORTING’ SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE THROUGH BILATERAL CONDITIONAL MARKET ACCESS4. Human Rights and Sustainable Development Obligations in EU Free Trade AgreementsLorand Bartels5. Strengthening Sustainable Development through Regional Trade AgreementsRafael Leal-Arcas and Catherine M. Wilmarth6. The Climate Change Norms under the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement: Between Soft and Hard LawNicolas A.J. Croquet7. Does Integrating Labour Provisions in Free Trade Agreements Make a Difference? An Exploratory Analysis of Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Rights in 13 EU Trade PartnersAxel Marx and Jadir SoaresPART III ‘EXPORTING’ SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE THROUGH UNILATERAL CONDITIONAL MARKET ACCESS8. The EU GSP: A Preference for Human Rights and Good Governance? The Case of MyanmarLaura Beke and Nicolas Hachez9. One Step Forward: The European Union Generalised System of Preferences and Labor Rights in the Garment Industry in BangladeshJames Yap 10. Extraterritorial Regulation of Natural Resources: A Functional ApproachCedric Ryngaert and Marieke Koekkoek11. Governing Through Trade in Compliance with WTO Law – A Case Study of the European Union Timber RegulationDylan Geraets and Bregt Natens12. Reaching Out for Green Policies - National Environmental Policies in the WTO Legal OrderPetros C. Mavroidis13. Just Sue the Bastards? An Assessment of the Alternative to Negative Harmonisation of Regulatory PrioritiesGeert van Calster14. ConclusionJan Wouters, Axel Marx, Dylan Geraets and Bregt NatensIndex

‘Wielded by major economic powers, linkages between trade and such issues as environmental protection and human rights have become a widely used and controversial policy instrument. This volume provides a comprehensive and authoritative analysis, across issue-areas, of the European Union’s deployment of trade to advance its normative goals.’