Eu trade policies towards neighboring countries including restrictions arising from sectoral policies like CAP and environmental or quality requirements and standards

Abstract

The analysis will include all NCs included in the ENP framework. In addition, it will cover associated countries that do not belong to the ENP framework in order to examine trade patterns in areas which are at more advanced stages of integration with the EU. Then, the European Union has an integral interest in promoting peace and stability in her bordering region. In achieving this goals, Europe's four sea basins are play a crucial role, as all four Seas, the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean Sea as well as the Black and the Caspian Sea are zones of economic and, although to a different degree, security interests. As a result, none of the four sea sub-regions could be subject to exclusive EU regulations. The four sea basins are therefore testing the EU's ability to multitask political, economical and cultural policies within different political environments and factured and sometimes overlapping institutional frameworks also. This paper aims to analyze the evolution, motives and main characteristics of the European Union's external trade policy and the possible consequences of the adoption of the new trade strategy, based multilateral trading system.