"From competition to competitiveness: A new EU industrial policy?"

Smith, Mitchell P. (2003) "From competition to competitiveness: A new EU industrial policy?". In European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 2003 (8th), March 27-29, 2003, pages 26, Nashville, TN.

Abstract

Can a supranational organization structured to break down barriers to the development of a unified internal market prove sufficiently adaptable to selectively protect market sectors from competitive advantages of global market competitors? Has the European Union achieved sufficient confidence in its completion of the single market to pursue such an objective without fears of compromising the project, or have institutional hierarchies become too rigid and the policy bias toward liberalization too deeply embedded for the EU to adopt policies that may conflict with a single market objective?