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100	1	0	_aPetersmann, Ernst-Ulrich _eauthor
245	0	0	_aTransatlantic Free Trade Agreements : Lack of EU Leadership for Reforming Trade and Investment Law ?
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520			_aShould the EU design transatlantic free trade agreements (FTAs) as a power-oriented “international law among states”, a “democratic law among peoples”, or as a “cosmopolitan law among individuals” as the legitimate “constituent powers” and “democratic principals” of all governance agents in the 21st century ? Why are fundamental rights so important for reforming “disconnected UN/WTO governance” so as to render multilevel protection of transnational public goods (PGs) more effective for the benefit of citizens ? FTAs protecting rights and remedies of citizens have been uniquely successful in European integration, for instance by limiting “governance failures” and “market failures” (e.g. through constitutional, competition, labour, social and environmental law and judicial remedies). Yet, the EU neglects its “cosmopolitan foreign policy mandate” in FTA negotiations with non-European countries. European citizens criticize transatlantic FTAs for disregarding fundamental rights and judicial remedies inside the EU. Rather than exercising leadership as a “protector of citizens” in the necessary reforms of “disconnected UN/WTO governance” of transnational PGs by designing FTAs among democracies as “cosmopolitan international law”, the EU institutions prioritize bureaucratic self-interests in reducing legal, democratic and judicial accountability vis-à-vis citizens in the trade policy area, thereby aggravating the EU’s legitimacy – and rule-of-law-crises.
690			_aconstitutionalism
690			_apublic goods
690			_acosmopolitan law
690			_afree trade agreements
690			_aEU Charter of Fundamental Rights
786	0		_nRevue internationale de droit économique | t. XXX | 4 | 2017-04-04 | p. 455-480 | 1010-8831
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-droit-economique-2016-4-page-455?lang=fr&redirect-ssocas=7080
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