The EU's Foreign Trade Policy and its effect on Regional Integration

This book investigates a case of interregionalism, which has become a central concern in EU policy making. The EU relation to the South American regionalism project Mercosur is of special interest due to the failure of on-going negotiations regarding a free trade agreement between these two actors. Brazil, which is a rising power in the world and a hegemon in the region, is the only Mercosur member, which signed a strategic partnership with the EU. This tension between the interregional and bilateral level as a result of EU external trade policy will be analysed to evaluate its effect on Mercosur's integration process.

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Kim Cacace focused her bachelor studies in Political Science and Economics at the Goethe University Frankfurt & Sciences Po Lyon on international relations before she completed a masters degree in Political Economy at the HWR Berlin & UNICAMP Campinas, Brazil. Today she is working in the field of development cooperation in Frankfurt.