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Assessing the Potential of EU Trade Agreements as an Instrument for Achieving Strategic Autonomy : An Analysis of the European Commission's Goals and Objectives.
Klein Wolterink, Thomas (2023) Assessing the Potential of EU Trade Agreements as an Instrument for Achieving Strategic Autonomy : An Analysis of the European Commission's Goals and Objectives.
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| Abstract: | This thesis is written with the objective to answer the question: To what extent can EU trade agreements be an instrument to attain the strategic autonomy goals set out by the European Commission? The concept of strategic autonomy is ambiguous and multi-faceted which results in different definitions. By first exploring the different definitions of the concept of strategic autonomy, it was discovered that the concept best be defined as “the capacity of the EU to act autonomously – that is, without being dependent on other countries – in strategically important policy areas." The second part of the analysis aimed to discover how European institutions have implemented their strategic autonomy objectives into trade agreements signed between 2010- 2020. The research has shown that there is no clear strategy for incorporating such strategies into trade agreements, mostly due to the selected timeframe. The research did show that with the changing global order in the late 2010s and early 2020s, the Von der Leyen Commission made it a priority to attain the strategic autonomy goals and they have represented their ambitions in European (trade) policy. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 88 social and public administration |
| Programme: | European Studies MSc (69303) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/95204 |
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