NEW PUBLICATION!

Global Economic Governance:
Beyond Management by the United States and the European Union

Business and Politics, Volume 11, Issue 3 (2009), Berkeley Electronic Press

CTR and the BMW Foundation host the Transatlantic Economic Dialogue, an annual transatlantic economic conference together with the University of Warwick's Garnet Network of Excellence on Global Governance. The fall 2009 issue of Business and Politics, published by Berkeley Electronic Press, is a special edition featuring papers produced for the annual Transatlantic Economic Dialogue, centered on the theme of global economic governance. In particular, these articles consider the role of the transatlantic powers in shaping international economic governance, and how that role may be changing.

  • Jeffrey Schott analyzes the current problems of the global trade regime in historical context.
  • Vinod Aggarwal focuses on the historical development of U.S. trade policy and argues that the shift toward piecemeal liberalization has undermined prospects for trade liberalization. 
  • Rolf Langhammer examines proposals for a possible transatlantic free trade agreement and criticizes the discriminatory dimension of such agreements.
  • Simon Evenett explores competing hypotheses about the motivation of states in implementing protectionist policies. 
  • Richard Higgott discusses systemic issues within the world trading system and scrutinizes the WTO's role as guardian of norms and rules for global trade. 
  • Heribert Dieter discusses the decline of global economic governance, both in trade and in finance.

Events

Thursday March 18, 2010
Transatlantic Leaders Forum"Albania in the Balkans and the World" with Ilir Meta, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania
Tuesday March 23, 2010
European Studies Lecture Series: Panel Discussion on Moving Beyond The “Losing Turkey” Debate: Turkey’s Transatlantic Value in The Middle East,
Co-Sponsored with The Transatlantic Academy of The German Marshall Fund, with Natalie Tocci, Senior Fellow At The Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome And Associate Fellow At The Center for European Policy Studies, Brussels; Kemal Kirisci, Jean Monnet Chair, Political Science Department, Bogazici University, Istanbul, and Joshua W. Walker, Ph.D. Candidate In Politics, Princeton University
Thursday March 25, 2010
"Serbia, its Neighbors, and Beyond" with Dušan Janjić, Founder of Forum for Ethnic Relations, Serbia, Founder & Coordinator of the NGO ‘Club 21’, Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Social Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia, and first Secretary General of the European Movement in Serbia
Tuesday March 30, 2010
European Studies Lecture Series: “The United States and Europe in the Age Of Obama” with Klaus Larres, Professor of History and International Affairs, University of Ulster, Belfast and Adjunct Professor, European Studies Program, SAIS
Tuesday April 6, 2010
European Studies Lecture Series: "The Monetary Conservative: Jacques Rueff and 20th Century Free Market Thought" book discussion with Christopher Chivvis, Political Scientist, the Rand Corporation, Washington and Adjunct Professor, European Studies Program, SAIS
Tuesday April 13, 2010
European Studies Lecture Series: “Identity, Solidarity and Islam in Europe" with Erik Jones, Professor of European Studies, SAIS Bologna Center
Tuesday April 20, 2010
European Studies Lecture Series: “Iceland and the Impact of the Financial Crisis" with Geir H. Haarde, former Prime Minister of Iceland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and SAIS MA Graduate 1975