Economic relations between Australia and the European Union
Subtitle: law and policy
By: Gonzalo Villalta Puig
Series: Global trade law series -- volume 46
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9789041134059
Subjects: Economic policy; Foreign trade regulation; Foreign economic relations
Description: The European Union (EU) is the largest economic partner of Australia: the EU is Australia's second largest trading partner and the EU is Australia's largest investment partner. Yet, the EU remains the only major trading and investment partner with whom Australia does not have an Economic Integration Agreement or even a Preferential Trade Agreement, either in force or under negotiation. Without one, the legal and policy systems that regulate trade and investment between Australia and the EU must function in the complexity of different levels of political economy: non-unitary internal and external market constitutions against bilateral sectoral and multilateral general agreements on trade and investment. This book is the first to present a monographic study of the law and policy of trade and investment between Australia and the EU. Prof. Gonzalo Villalta Puig argues that a trade and investment agreement is necessary to remove the agricultural tariffs and quarantine requirements and to harmonize the regulatory divergences that bar bilateral trade. It is further necessary to facilitate and guarantee two-way investment --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-305) and index.