EU Trade Policy: Principles versus Pragmatism. The Cases of Vietnam and Cambodia

Floristella, Angela Pennisi di

doi:10.1080/03932729.2020.1857131

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“…As this research is situated on the meso‐level, a full investigation of intra‐EP dynamics and MEPs´ various economic, strategic, or normative considerations for ratification falls beyond the scope of this paper (see Hoang and Sicurelli, 2017; Pennisi di Floristella, 2021). Yet, an exploratory analysis of the INTA Committee meetings gives some indication of narrative (in)coherency among MEPs.…”

Section: The Eu–vietnam Trade Policy Storymentioning

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‘A Force for Good’: The Narrative Construction of Ethical EU–Vietnam Trade Relations

Nessel

Verhaeghe

2021

J of Common Market Studies

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Political representation of problems includes an aim to control an audience's impressions and create a societally‐acceptable social reality. This paper analyses the narrative construction of ethical trade between the European Union (EU) and Vietnam. As an undemocratic Other, Vietnam has been sharply criticized for its human rights record by civil society and Members of European Parliament. Yet, the EU recently concluded two trade agreements with Vietnam. We argue that, unchallenged by the European Parliament, the European Commission created a performative 'story of change' for its European audience by simultaneously appealing to underlying 'neoliberal' and 'development' paradigms. In this narrative, the EU and Vietnam star as the main characters, who, in their joint attempts to make bilateral trade 'a force for good', live moments of heroism, encounter fleeting instances of victimhood, and defeat villains on the path to ethical trade.

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Section: The Eu–vietnam Trade Policy Storymentioning

confidence: 99%

‘A Force for Good’: The Narrative Construction of Ethical EU–Vietnam Trade Relations

Nessel

Verhaeghe

2021

J of Common Market Studies

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The Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme and the EU’s normative dilemma: the case of Myanmar’s garment sector

Floristella

2023

Third World Quarterly

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EU Trade Policy: Principles versus Pragmatism. The Cases of Vietnam and Cambodia

Cited by 2 publications

References 29 publications

‘A Force for Good’: The Narrative Construction of Ethical EU–Vietnam Trade Relations

‘A Force for Good’: The Narrative Construction of Ethical EU–Vietnam Trade Relations

The Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme and the EU’s normative dilemma: the case of Myanmar’s garment sector

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