Publication
Title
International institutions and interest mobilization : the WTO and lobbying in EU and US trade policy
Author
Abstract
What affects lobbying patterns in trade policymaking? Existing explanations focus mainly on economic determinants, like the rise of intra-industry trade. We argue that the international trade institutions of the World Wade Organization (WTO) themselves are also key for understanding which type of interest mobilization is likely to arise. We contend that the institutional setting of issue-linkage based trade negotiations creates incentives for firms to work through broad sector-wide lobbying organizations, while judicial adjudication and enforcement in WTO dispute settlement stimulates de-linkage, leading to product-specffic interest mobilization. We illustrate how these two arguments can explain the coexistence of both sector-wide and product-specific lobbying in the contemporary international trade regime. We provide evidence on interest mobilization for United States (US) and European Union (EU) initiated WTO disputes, and on EU and US domestic interest organizations that mobilize during multilateral trade rounds or are present at WTO ministerial conferences.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of world trade : law, economics, public policy. - Geneva, 1988, currens
Publication
Geneva : Werner Publishing Company , 2016
ISSN
1011-6702 [Print]
2210-2795 [Online]
Volume/pages
50 :2 (2016) , p. 289-312
ISI
000374718300005
UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
Research in the domain of EU trade policy
Publication type
Subject
Law 
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
Record
Identifier
Creation 06.06.2016
Last edited 09.10.2023
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