Understanding the EU as a Good Global Actor

Edited by Elaine Fahey, Professor of Law, City Law School, City St. Georges, University of London and Isabella Mancini, Lecturer in Law, Brunel Law School, Brunel University London, UK

• Contents:Introduction: understanding the EU as a good global actor: whosemetrics? 1Elaine Fahey and Isabella ManciniPART I THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE EU ASA GLOBAL ACTOR IN TRADE1 Europe’s power surplus: legal empathy and the trade/regulation nexus 19Ignacio Garcia Bercero and Kalypso Nicolaïdis,2 Leverage in trade agreements and linkages – challenges tothe trade and rights linkages 37Maria Garcia3 Market Power Europe? Exporting EU disciplines ondomestic services regulations through trade agreements 53Billy Melo Araujo4 Environmental allies and trade competitors: a comparativeanalysis of US and EU governance models for thetrade-and-climate nexus 74Jean-Baptiste VelutPART II ON ‘GOOD’ TRADE GOVERNANCE: THEEMERGING AMBITIONS AND VALUES OFA DEEPER TRADE AGENDA5 The role of values in EU external relations: a legalassessment of the EU as a ‘good’ global actor 92Ramses A. Wessel and Yuliya Kaspiarovich6 The EU acting through free trade agreements: the case ofsustainability and public procurement 107Martin Trybus7 The role of the EU in making ‘sustainable’ labour linkagesin contemporary trade: is being ‘assertive’ also ‘good’? 124Tonia Novitz8 The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and thechallenge of being a ‘good’ climate and trade actor 141Eva Pander Maat9 Empowering women in trade: how gender responsive arethe EU’s trade agreements? 158Clair GammagePART III ON ‘GOOD’ DATA GOVERNANCE: THEEMERGING AMBITIONS AND VALUES INDATA FLOWS10 The emperor’s new clothes – data privacy andcybersecurity from a European perspective 176Jörg Polakiewicz11 The EU’s trade policy on cross-border data flows inthe global landscape: navigating the thin line betweenliberalizing digital trade, ‘digital sovereignty’ and multilateralism 192Svetlana Yakovleva12 Comparing the EU’s and China’s approaches in data governance 209Xuechen Chen and Xinchuchu GaoPART IV THE EU INSTITUTIONAL DIMENSION OF‘GOOD’ TRADE GOVERNANCE13 Democratization of good global governance: the EU’s rolein the parliamentarization of trade policy 227Wolfgang Weiss14 The EU as a good global actor in international economicrelations: the role of parliaments 245Ewa Żelazna15 The approach of the CJEU to international law: towardsa context-specific approach 261Eva Kassoti and Graham Butler16 Sustainable development chapters in EU FTAs and disputesettlement: lessons learned from Ukraine – Wood Productsand Korea – Labour Rights 277Gesa KübekIndex