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”.
