Overview
- Provides one of the first books in non-Chinese literature to examine EU-Taiwan relations
- Analyses Taiwanese domestic economic barriers and structural rigidities
- Separates the EU-Taiwan relationship from that between China and Taiwan
Part of the book series: The European Union in International Affairs (EUIA)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- the EU and Taiwan
- EU-Taiwan trade
- EU-Taiwan investment agreement
- European Union politics
- EU in international affairs
- bilateral trade agreements
- EU international policy
- Taiwanese politics
- China and Taiwan's trade deals
- obstacles to investment agreement
- Bilateral Investment Agreement
- Taiwanese political economy
- political economy of the EU
- Taiwanese international relations
- Taiwanese trade policy
- EU trade policy
About this book
In late 2015, against a background of growing populist opposition to international trade agreements, the European Commission announced its willingness to negotiate a comprehensive bilateral investment agreement with Taiwan. While this should be relatively straightforward, this book warns that it is unlikely to be so. The major stumbling block is not Chinese opposition, as is so often assumed, or populist resistance but a lack of sufficient political will on both sides. This stems from a mutual lack of awareness which in turn is due to the relative stagnation of bilateral trade. A successful outcome would therefore act as a catalyst in developing relations further. The author examines the principal obstacles to reaching an agreement and the ways of overcoming them. The book should be of interest to policy makers, negotiators and advisors involved in the forthcoming negotiations but also to anyone with an interest in the EU’s relations with Taiwan.Â
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Michael Reilly is Non-Resident Senior Fellow of the China Policy Institute at the University of Nottingham, UK. A former diplomat with almost twenty years’ experience in East Asia, he was Director of the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taiwan from 2005-2009.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Towards an EU-Taiwan Investment Agreement
Book Subtitle: Prospects and Pitfalls
Authors: Michael Reilly
Series Title: The European Union in International Affairs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68403-1
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68402-4Published: 24 October 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68403-1Published: 10 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-5911
Series E-ISSN: 2662-592X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 88
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: European Union Politics, Asian Politics, Public Policy, International Organization