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- Title
EU Trade Sustainability Impact Assessments: Revisiting the Consultation Process.
- Authors
Hoekman, Bernard; Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo
- Abstract
Trade sustainability impact assessments (SIAs) are the main tool used by the European Commission to assess the potential effects of trade policy initiatives and to engage with stakeholders. SIAs have two elements: a model-based quantitative analysis and a consultation process (CP). Both include a focus on a broad range of non-trade issues, many of which are included in sustainable development chapters of EU trade agreements. This paper argues for making CPs a more useful input into the design of trade cooperation. Scaled responses to a survey with closed end questions on a broad range of non-trade policy objectives combined with deliberative polling of a representative sample of survey respondents could help identify what stakeholders in the EU and partner countries perceive to be priority non-trade objectives, as well as issue-specific baselines, performance targets, and appropriate instruments to apply. Building bridges between a revamped ex ante CP and mechanisms that encompass public and private actors to support implementation, resolve problems, and assess progress over time could further help achieve trade and sustainable development goals.
- Subjects
EUROPEAN Union; STAKEHOLDERS; SUSTAINABLE development; ECONOMIC development; NONTRADED goods
- Publication
Journal of International Economic Law, 2022, Vol 25, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
1369-3034
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jiel/jgac010