European Approaches to Migration and Trade
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2017-08-15
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Among academics there is a strong critique of the European Union’s strategy to
include migration measurements within trade agreements. While some trade
agreements facilitate migration in accordance with liberalism, this thesis looks at two
agreements that do not. In the Cotonou agreement with African, Caribbean and Pacific
states the EU agreed to regulate migration. In the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
with countries from around the Mediterranean the EU agreed to restrict migration.
What explains this difference? That question is answered in this thesis through a
Liberal Intergovernmentalist case study of the two agreements. In short, within the
scope of the case studies it appears that sharing a track record of agreements increases
the likelihood of a European preference for regulation. However, if the other party is
geographically close to conflictual areas the likelihood of a restrictive preference
increases. Lastly, when the EU prefers restriction, power asymmetry affects the
possibility to impose this preference on an often unwilling third party.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen