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"Nested and Overlapping Regimes in the Transatlantic Banana Trade Dispute"

Alter, Karen J. and Meunier, Sophie. (2005) "Nested and Overlapping Regimes in the Transatlantic Banana Trade Dispute". In: UNSPECIFIED, Austin, Texas. (Unpublished)

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    Abstract

    The decade long trans-Atlantic banana dispute was not a traditional trade conflict stemming from antagonistic producers’ interests. Instead, this article argues that the banana dispute is one of the most complex illustrations of the legal and political difficulties created by the nesting and overlapping of international institutions and commitments. The contested Europe-wide banana policy was an artifact of nesting--the fruit of efforts to reconcile the single market with Lomé obligations which then ran afoul of WTO rules. Using counter-factual analysis, this article explores how the nesting of international commitments contributed to creating the dispute, provided forum shopping opportunities which themselves complicated the options of decisionmakers, and hindered resolution of what would otherwise be a pretty straightforward trade dispute. We then draw out implications from this case for the EU, an institution increasingly nested within multilateral mechanisms, and for the issue of the nesting of international institutions in general.

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    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Bananas; nesting; counter-factual analysis.
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-US
    Other international institutions > GATT/WTO
    EU policies and themes > External relations > international trade
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Conference: European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 2005 (9th), March 31-April 2, 2005
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 09 Jun 2005
    Page Range: p. 36
    Last Modified: 15 Feb 2011 17:26
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3306

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