Mitarbeiter sonstige

EU trade policy: dare for more flexibility and collaboration

Stender, Frederik / Tim Vogel
Mitarbeiter sonstige (2024)

in: Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (eds.), The European Union’s global role in a changing world: challenges and opportunities for the new leadership, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 14-17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23661/idp11.2024.3
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Trade liberalisation, traditionally seen as a means to promote economic growth and prosperity, has increasingly come under scrutiny for its adverse socio-economic and environmental impacts. Increased trade is now also held responsible for the rise in global CO2 emissions and the loss of biodiversity. It is also associated with growing inequality, both between high-income countries and developing countries and within the latter. Human rights issues such as child labour as well as safe working conditions remain significant and unresolved, further highlighting the complex challenges associated with global trade practices.