Explaining Failed Free Trade Agreement Negotiations

Dr. Leslie Wehner

doi:10.5771/9783845225579

Summary

Der Band analysiert die Gründe für das Scheitern bilateraler Freihandelsabkommen und ermittelt dabei indirekt die notwendigen Bedingungen für den erfolgreichen Abschluss dieser Art von Abkommen. Der Autor entwickelt einen heuristischen und eklektischen theoretischen Rahmen, in dem Elemente der neuen Wachstumstheorie, der internationalen Beziehungen, der internationalen politischen Ökonomie und der Handelstheorie miteinander in einer überzeugenden und ausgewogenen Weise verbunden werden. Dies soll dazu dienen den Prozess zu analysieren, der zwei Länder dazu bringt, diese bilateralen Verhandlungen zu blockieren. Das Buch weist uns darauf hin, dass gescheiterte Erfahrungen existieren und wissenschaftliche Aufmerksamkeit verdienen, trotz der Tatsache, dass festgefahrene Fälle eine Minderheit gegenüber erfolgreich abgeschlossenen Verhandlungen von Freihandelsabkommen darstellen. Empirisch analysiert es zwei fehlgeschlagene Freihandelsabkommensverhandlungen aus Lateinamerika.

Dieses Buch ist besonders empfehlenswert für Diplomaten im Allgemeinen und insbesondere für Handelsdiplomaten, sowie für Studenten und Wissenschaftler der Bereiche Lateinamerikanische Politik, Internationale Beziehungen, Internationale Politische Ökonomie, Handel und Verhandlung.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
Publication date: 17.08.2010
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-5806-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-2557-9
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Weltwirtschaft und internationale Zusammenarbeit
Volume: 9
Language: English
Pages: 296
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 14
Tables and Figures No access Pages 15 - 16
Acronyms and Abbreviations No access Pages 17 - 20
Concepts and Definitions No access Pages 21 - 22
1. Empirical Puzzle, Aims and Questions No access Pages 23 - 25
2. The Argument No access Pages 25 - 26
3. Reasons to Study Stalled Negotiations No access Pages 26 - 28
4. Delimitation of the Study No access Pages 28 - 29
5. Conceptual Clarifications No access Pages 29 - 30
6. 1. The Negotiation between Chile and Panama No access Pages 30 - 31
  2. The Negotiation between Panama and Costa Rica No access Pages 31 - 32
  3. Justification of the Case Studies Selection No access Pages 32 - 34
7. Methodological Considerations No access Pages 34 - 36
8. Material: The Constraints of Qualitative Sources No access Pages 36 - 38
9. Organisation of the Study No access Pages 38 - 38
1. 1. Introduction No access Pages 39 - 41
  2. 1. New Trade Theory No access
  3. 1. Liberalism No access
    2. Intergovernmentalism No access
    3. 1. The Logic of Arguing in the Field of Negotiation No access
  4. Theory of Negotiation No access Pages 48 - 56
  5. 1. Chile No access
    2. Costa Rica No access
    3. Panama No access
  6. Concluding Remarks No access Pages 63 - 65
2. 1. Introduction No access Pages 65 - 66
  2. 1. Formation of Endogenous Policy Preferences in FTA Negotiations No access
    2. Domestic Actors’ and Government’s Policy Preferences No access
    3. Intergovernmental Negotiation No access
  3. 1. Hypothesis I: On Domestic Actors and State Responsiveness No access
    2. Hypothesis II: On Intergovernmental Bargaining No access
  4. 1. Domestic Factors No access
    2. Intergovernmental Factors No access
  5. Operationalisation No access Pages 86 - 92
  6. Concluding Remarks No access Pages 92 - 92
1. 1. Introduction No access Pages 93 - 95
  2. 1. Chile’s Economic Model No access
    2. Chile’s Trade Accords No access
    3. Chile’s Domestic and Governmental Actors No access
  3. 1. Costa Rica’s Economic Model No access
    2. Costa Rica’s Trade Accords No access
    3. Costa Rica’s Domestic and Governmental Actors No access
  4. 1. Panama’s Trade Policy No access
    2. Panama’s Trade Accords No access
    3. Panama’s Domestic and Governmental Actors No access
  5. Concluding Remarks No access Pages 118 - 119
2. 1. Introduction No access Pages 119 - 119
  2. The Negotiation Process No access Pages 119 - 122
  3. 1. Divergent Interests No access
    2. Job Insecurity No access
    3. 1. Elections No access
    4. Pro-FTA groups’ Free-riding Option No access
  4. Concluding Remarks No access Pages 145 - 147
3. 1. Introduction No access Pages 147 - 147
  2. 1. Non-negotiability No access
    2. Lack of Leadership Skills No access
    3. Predominance of Value-claiming Strategies No access
    4. The Weight of Other FTA Processes No access
  3. Concluding Remarks No access Pages 168 - 171
4. 1. Introduction No access Pages 171 - 171
  2. 1. The Normative Frame between Central America and Panama No access
  3. 1. Divergent Interests No access
    2. Job Insecurity No access
    3. 1. Elections No access
    4. Pro-FTA Groups’ Free-riding Option No access
  4. Concluding Remarks No access Pages 202 - 203
5. 1. Introduction No access Pages 203 - 203
  2. 1. Non-negotiability No access
    2. Lack of Leadership Skills No access
    3. Predominance of Value-claiming Strategies No access
    4. The Weight of Other FTA Processes No access
  3. Concluding Remarks No access Pages 226 - 227
6. 1. Introduction No access Pages 227 - 227
  2. Differences of the Two FTA Negotiations No access Pages 227 - 231
  3. 1. Domestic Dimension No access
    2. International Dimension No access
  4. The Different Force of the Conditions to Explain Failure No access Pages 237 - 240
  5. 1. New Zealand and Hong-Kong No access
    2. South Korea and Japan No access
    3. 1. South Korea-Mexico No access
      2. Canada-Central America No access
  6. Concluding Remarks No access Pages 245 - 247
7. 1. The Key Questions Answered No access Pages 247 - 248
  2. Answering the questions through the process No access Pages 248 - 251
  3. Theoretical Implications No access Pages 251 - 253
  4. For Future Research No access Pages 253 - 255
8. 1. 1. Chile-Panama No access
    2. Costa Rica-Panama No access
  2. Concluding Remarks No access Pages 259 - 261
9. 1. Internet Pages No access Pages 261 - 287
  2. 1. Chile No access
    2. Costa Rica No access
    3. Panama No access