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"Conclusion" [2019] ELECD 987; in Leal-Arcas, Rafael (ed), "EU Trade Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 292

Book Title: EU Trade Law

Editor(s): Leal-Arcas, Rafael

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 12

Section Title: Conclusion

Number of pages: 7

Abstract/Description:

Much of this book has been an institutional analysis of the EU’s decision-making process in trade policy. By institutional analysis, is meant the creation of a conceptual framework in which to assess the trade-offs among the various mechanisms of public policy to ensure oversight of EU trade policy. All proposed mechanisms should be understood and assessed in terms of how well they permit the actors to participate in the decision-making process that affects them in an unbiased manner, compared to other realistic, non-idealized institutional alternatives. The focus has been on a binomial variable, i.e., efficiency versus accountability (technocratic versus democratic trade policy) at the national and supranational levels.