Table of Contents

Introduction: In the EU's Image?
Francesco Duina and Crina Viju-Miljusevic

PART 1: MAJOR POLICY AREAS

Chapter 1: Agricultural Regulations in FTAs: The EU's Ambitions as Rule-maker on Food Safety and Geographical Indications
Gerry Alons

Chapter 2: (New) EU Standards in Preferential Services Trade Liberalization
Charlotte Sieber-Gasser

Chapter 3: Standardization of the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Clauses in EU Regional Trade Agreements With Developing Countries: Quo Vadis?
Maryna Rabinovych

Chapter 4: EU Investment Policy: Regional Convergence or International Standards?
Rodrigo Polanco

Chapter 5: Sustainable Development Standards in EU PTAs
Evgeny Postnikov

PART 2: MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS

Chapter 6: Regulatory Convergence in Transatlantic Trade Agreements: Lessons Learned
Ferdi De Ville

Chapter 7: Interregionalism, Trade, and Standardization: The Long Road to the EU-MERCOSUR Trade Agreement and the Uncertainties Ahead
Andrea C. Bianculli

Chapter 8: Conflicting Standards of Sustainable Biofuel in the EU/ASEAN Trade Negotiations
Daniela Sicurelli

Chapter 9: Standardization Among the Like-minded: The EU-Asia Case
Julia Grübler

Chapter 10: The Indian Response to the EU's Regulatory Standardization: The Case of Public Procurement and Social Standards Under the EU-India FTA
Sangeeta Khorana

Chapter 11: Conclusion: The Reach and Limits of the EU
Francesco Duina and Crina Viju-Miljusevic

Index

About the Author

Francesco Duina is Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology at Bates College. He began his career as a management consultant at what is now Monitor Deloitte. He has held appointments at Harvard, the University of British Columbia, and the Copenhagen Business School. Francesco has published widely on the EU, international trade agreements, and the cultural underpinnings of market integration. His books include The Social Construction of Free
Trade (2007) and Institutions and the Economy (2011).

Crina Viju-Miljusevic is Associate Professor in the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University. She is also the Associate Director of the Centre for European Studies at Carleton University. Her research interests include the economic effects of different trade policies applied within the EU, US and Canada, European economic integration, EU external relations, and EU enlargement. She has an extensive publication record, including co-edited
volumes, and numerous journal articles, book chapters and conference presentations.

Reviews

This is an exceptionally well edited book with top contributors from three continents. It brings economic sociology of the finest kind by carefully combining explanations from political economy, institutionalism, as well as interest group and cultural value research. A remarkable tour de force on the European Union's drive for standardization through its trade policy in a globalising world.
*Dirk De Bièvre, Professor of International Politics, University of Antwerp*

Standardizing the World not only provides a comprehensive account of how the EU tries to use standards in its preferential trade agreements but also shows when such efforts succeed or, perhaps more importantly, when they do not. A must read for anyone interested in non tariff barriers to international trade.
*Gabriele Spilker, Professor of International Politics, University of Konstanz*