Trade Policy between Law, Diplomacy and Scholarship: Liber amicorum in memoriam Horst G. Krenzler (European Yearbook of International Economic Law)

This book presents 22 topical contributions on international trade law and policy, with a particular focus on EU external trade law, addressing countries ranging from Ukraine to Switzerland and the US (TTIP) and aspects from trade and IPRs to anti-dumping. The volume constitutes a state-of-the-art treatment of the many facets of trade policy in the 21st century from legal, diplomatic and academic standpoints. The book is dedicated to the memory of Horst Günter Krenzler, former Director General for External Relations for the European Commission and Chief Negotiator for the European Union in many trade negotiations, honorary professor of European Union law at the University of Munich and an of counsel with Freshfields' Brussels office after retirement from the Commission. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Horst G. Krenzler’s Late Academic Career at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich....Pages 3-4 Words of Honour in memoriam Horst Günter Krenzler (1933–2012)....Pages 5-6 Horst Günter Krenzler (1933–2012): A Life for Europe....Pages 7-11 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Towards a More Balanced International Investment Law 2.0?....Pages 15-37 “Transleakancy”....Pages 39-46 Multilateral Trade Policy Is Back....Pages 47-59 Multilateralism as a Basis for Global Governance....Pages 61-73 Trade in the XXI Century....Pages 75-86 Does Intellectual Property Belong to the Trade Family?....Pages 87-120 Is the WTO Agreement on Agriculture Still Up-to-Date?....Pages 121-143 Why Do the EU and Its Court of Justice Fail to Protect “Strict Observance of International Law” (Article 3(5) TEU) in the World Trading System and in Other Areas of Multilevel Governance of International Public Goods?....Pages 145-189 Front Matter....Pages 191-191 The EU/US Transatlantic Relationship: The Indispensable Partnership....Pages 193-226 Transatlantic Disputes on Non-tariff Barriers to Trade: From Asbestos to the EU Fuel Quality Directive....Pages 227-244 Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement and the Development of International Standards....Pages 245-270 Disputes on TTIP: Does the Agreement Need the Consent of the German Parliament?....Pages 271-295 Front Matter....Pages 297-297 Towards a New Neighbourhood Policy of the European Union....Pages 299-312 The EEA in Perspective....Pages 313-320 The EU and Its Eastern Partnership: Political Association and Economic Integration in a Rough Neighbourhood....Pages 321-358 The European Union and the Accession of Russia to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2012....Pages 359-362 Front Matter....Pages 363-363 Modernising the EU’s Trade Defence Instruments: Mission Impossible?....Pages 365-376 Front Matter....Pages 363-363 Price Undertakings in Anti-dumping Law: Recent Trends and Considerations from a Competition Law Perspective....Pages 377-393 Decision-Making in EU Trade Defence Cases After Lisbon: An Institutional Anomaly Addressed?....Pages 395-406 "This book presents 22 topical contributions on international trade law and policy, with a particular focus on EU external trade law, addressing countries ranging from Ukraine to Switzerland and the US (TTIP) and aspects from trade and IPRs to anti-dumping. The volume constitutes a state-of-the-art treatment of the many facets of trade policy in the 21st century from legal, diplomatic and academic standpoints. The book is dedicated to the memory of Horst Günter Krenzler, former Director General for External Relations for the European Commission and Chief Negotiator for the European Union in many trade negotiations, honorary professor of European Union law at the University of Munich and an of counsel with Freshfields' Brussels office after retirement from the Commission"--Back cover