Defining the relationship between Australia and the European Union: is the framework treaty enough?

dc.contributor.authorKenyon, Donald
dc.contributor.authorvan der Eng, Pierre
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:45:04Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2015-12-07T11:31:51Z
dc.description.abstractAustralia is currently negotiating a framework treaty with the European Union (EU) that aims at closer cooperation on a wide range of shared policy goals. The treaty is not expected to include trade-liberalisation commitments. This article queries why this is, given the importance of trade and business relations with the EU for Australia, and the fact that the EU exerts international influence primarily as a trade power, rather than a foreign and security policy power. Since 2006, the EU has also been negotiating 'new-generation' bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs), focusing on tariffs and regulatory non-tariff trade barriers. It has now committed itself to FTA negotiations with many of Australia's trade partners in Asia and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. An FTA and a complementary framework treaty were concluded with South Korea in 2010, and the EU is currently negotiating a similar package with Canada. As Australia and Canada are comparable trade partners for the EU, the article argues that an FTA on the EU-Canada model could be a more effective avenue for Australia to achieve deeper engagement with the EU.
dc.identifier.issn1035-7718
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/25471
dc.publisherCarfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group
dc.sourceAustralian Journal of International Affairs
dc.titleDefining the relationship between Australia and the European Union: is the framework treaty enough?
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage242
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage225
local.contributor.affiliationKenyon, Donald, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationvan der Eng, Pierre, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu4047611@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidKenyon, Donald, u4047611
local.contributor.authoruidvan der Eng, Pierre, u9114947
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor160607 - International Relations
local.identifier.absfor140210 - International Economics and International Finance
local.identifier.absseo940399 - International Relations not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.absseo910399 - International Trade not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationU5511365xPUB38
local.identifier.citationvolume68
local.identifier.doi10.1080/10357718.2013.840558
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84897087720
local.identifier.thomsonID000334058800007
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByU5511365
local.type.statusPublished Version

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