Amos, Robert Michael and Lydgate, Emily (2018) Integrating sustainable development objectives into UK trade policy. Discussion Paper. UK Trade Policy Observatory.
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Abstract
Leaving the EU Customs Union will necessitate the UK having an independent trade policy. As part of the process of governing its external trade, the UK must consider how it will integrate its sustainable development objectives into this policy. In this briefing paper, we conceive such objectives broadly, including transparency, political participation and access and consultation, as well as obligations within FTAs to uphold labour standards and environmental protections. Here we consider potential approaches to (1) integrating sustainable development objectives into the negotiating process; and (2) reflecting these objectives through UK trade strategy.
Item Type: | Reports and working papers (Discussion Paper) |
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Keywords: | sustainable development, Brexit, international trade, Free Trade Agreements, European Union |
Schools and Departments: | School of Law, Politics and Sociology > Law |
Research Centres and Groups: | Sussex European Institute Sussex Sustainability Research Programme |
Depositing User: | Emily Lydgate |
Date Deposited: | 29 May 2018 13:26 |
Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2021 15:13 |
URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/76209 |
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