Abstract
In economic relations, the EU has the capacity to exercise a global role on par with the United States. Yet the EU is not always able to effectively defend its interests. While the EU has firmly established its role as a global player in trade, it has faced difficulties in acquiring such a role in money and finance. Institutional legacies best explain this uneven progress. EU trade policy-making is centralized, whereas centralization is incomplete in the area of money and finance. Power struggles among the various EU bodies and memberstates hamper effectiveness.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The State of the European Union Vol. 7 |
| Subtitle of host publication | With US or Against US? European Trends in American Perspective |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191603297 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199283958 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2006 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Social Sciences
Keywords
- European Central Bank
- European Commission
- Finance
- International Monetary Fund
- Trade
- World Trade Organization