| ID | 127019 |
| Title Proper | EU's growing pains in negotiating international food standards |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Schaik, Louise Van |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article relates the effectiveness of the European Union's (EU) effectiveness to its international actorness in negotiations on international food standards taking place in the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). Actorness is taken to result from EU competence, preference homogeneity and processes of socialisation among EU Member State representatives. In the 2009 negotiations on growth promoters for livestock, whose use the EU opposes, the Commission took the lead. It was trusted and supported by the EU Member States, but its dominant role resulted in them being rather passive. As a result, the EU's potential to negotiate effectively in the CAC was not used in its full potential. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Relations Vol.27, No.3; Sep.2013: p.292-307 |
| Journal Source | International Relations Vol.27, No.3; Sep.2013: p.292-307 |
| Key Words | Codex Alimentarius ; EU food policy ; EU international actorness ; EU socialization ; Food standards ; Negotiating performance ; Preference homogeneity ; Food and agriculture organization |