An EU-ASEAN FTA: The EU''s failures as an international actor

• Main Author: Robles, Alfredo C.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Foreign trade regulation > Southeast Asia; Southeast Asia > Commerce > European Union; European Union > Commerce > Southeast Asia; International Relations
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3605
• Institution: De La Salle University

The relative speed and ease with which the EU and ASEAN reached an agreement in 2007 to initiate negotiations for a free trade agreement may create the impression that this constituted a success for the EU''s Asia strategy. In reality, the launching of negotiations represented a series of...