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Why Bother With Inter‐Regionalism? Negotiations for a European Union‐Mercosur Agreement *
Author(s) -
DOCTOR MAHRUKH
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
jcms: journal of common market studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1468-5965
pISSN - 0021-9886
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2007.00712.x
Subject(s) - regionalism (politics) , european union , negotiation , political science , agreement , international trade , economics , politics , law , democracy , linguistics , philosophy
The article examines why a decade of inter‐regional negotiations failed to result in an EU‐MERCOSUR agreement, notwithstanding motivating factors at the international, national and societal level. It focuses on inter‐regional trade and investment flows to underline the practical value of any agreement, but also considers strategic and ideational issues.