Trade, Foreign Policy and Defence in EU Constitutional Law: The Legal Regulation of Sanctions, Exports of Dual-use Goods and Armaments [Hardcover]

This book examines how the increasing interdependence between trade and foreign policy can be managed within the legal framework of the European Union. In the context of the legally distinct characteristics of the European Community and the Common Foreign and Security Policy,it analyses the problems underpinning the regulation of three areas: sanctions against third countries, armaments, and exports of dual-use goods. The focus is on whether the constitutional order of the European Union may address these problems while performing a variety of functions: ensuring the consistency and coherence of its external relations, preserving the acquis communautaire and respecting the right of the Member States to conduct their foreign policy as fully sovereign subjects of international law. The book concludes that the interactions between trade and foreign policy may be regulated in a legally sensible and realistic way within the current structure of the European Union.

The recent developments regarding the defense and security identity of the European Union and the debate over the nature of an enlarged Union make this book all the more topical.

&the book is impressive in its research on the 'zone of twilight' between trade, foreign policy and defence. It is both well-written and clearly structured and makes use of the relevant England and French literature published on this subject. Yearbook of European Law

The clarity of the descriptions of the subject areas...and the depth of analysis of the constitutional implications of legal regulation within the interrelated areas of EU trade and foreign and security policy make it a valuable tool and a necessary read for anyone interested in such issues. The Cambridge Law Journal