Global EU

This course will give a comprehensive overview of the policies, instruments and actors involved in shaping the EU’s external economic relations. We will look at the different dimensions of EU trade policy, its position within the global trade architecture, recent developments and strategic outlook.

The central objective is to deepen the participants’ understanding of the basic principles, mechanisms, procedures of the EU’s Common Commercial Policy (CCP) and to increase their awareness with regard to recent strategic initiatives.

The training will consist of presentations, case studies, practical exercises and discussions aiming to highlight the underlying developments, objectives and policies associated with the EU’s external economic relations. We will take a particular look into the interplay between foreign and domestic policy in external economic relations; geopolitical competition in the governance of the global trade regime; and the EU’s response to current strategic challenges. Specific attention will be given to the EU’s changing relations with China as a “negotiation partner, an economic competitor and a systemic rival”.