Wallonia's refusal to ratify CETA in October 2016 suggests that multilevel trade politics may
increasingly be subject to the pitfalls of joint decision-making, or even a joint-decision trap …

Wallonia demonstrated the importance of regional actors for EU trade policy. What remains,
however, of regional involvement when politicization subsides, as after CETA and TTIP? Our …

After seven years of negotiations, the European Parliament and the Council have yet to
agree on the reform of one of the most essential regulations facilitating cross-border worker …

Sub-federal units in federal systems increasingly participate in international trade policy-
making, a domain that historically represents an exclusive jurisdiction of the federal level. A …

This article advances the concept of 'soft'hostage-taking and examines its effectiveness in
EU policymaking. Hostage-taking relates to situations where an individual member state (the …

Debates over the role of trade policy in addressing climate change have gained steam in
recent years. One proposed mechanism that might lead to improved climate outcomes runs …

In the dynamic landscape of international trade, labor provisions within Free Trade
Agreements (FTAs) have emerged as a pivotal intersection of trade liberalization and labor …

For EU political analysts and observers, it has become commonplace to speak of the
politicization of European integration. Once seminally defined as 'an increase in polarization …

This research investigates the conditions that influence the politicisation of EU trade
agreement negotiations. During the past decades, the formerly technocratic field of EU …

The End of the Golden Weather? — Addressing the Geoeconomic Shift in Global Trade
Governance Page 1 The End of the Golden Weather? — Addressing the Geoeconomic Shift in …