Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
2-2014
Abstract
This article investigates the relationship between the European Union's withdrawal of trade benefits for developing countries under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) and its sanctions under the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Our expectation is that GSP withdrawals and CFSP sanctions will not cohere. However, our research reveals that GSP suspension has been coherent with CFSP sanctions when the latter exist prior to the decision-making process on GSP sanctions and when the International Labour Organisation has set up a Commission of Inquiry condemning the country, as with Myanmar/Burma and Belarus. The presence of separate institutional frameworks explains the GSP suspension towards Sri Lanka in the absence of CFSP sanctions.
Keywords
European Union trade, sanctions, development, Generalised System of Preferences, GSP, Myanmar, Burma, Belarus
Discipline
Comparative Politics | Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Contemporary Politics
Volume
20
Issue
1
First Page
63
Last Page
76
ISSN
1470-8914
Identifier
10.1080/13569775.2014.881605
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Citation
PORTELA, Clara, & ORBIE, Jan.(2014). Sanctions under the EU's Generalised System of Preferences (GSP): Coherence by Accident?. Contemporary Politics, 20(1), 63-76.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1430
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2014.881605