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National Autonomy or Transnational Solidarity? Using Multiple Geographic Frames to Politicize EU Trade Policy
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Abstract The article contributes to our understanding of how trade is politicized and how civil society activists manage the tensions between multiple collective action frames in a complex political context. When viewed alongside the Brexit referendum and Trump’s US Presidency, it is easy to see the 2013-201... view more
The article contributes to our understanding of how trade is politicized and how civil society activists manage the tensions between multiple collective action frames in a complex political context. When viewed alongside the Brexit referendum and Trump’s US Presidency, it is easy to see the 2013-2016 campaign against a European Union-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership as a further example of an apparently growing populist 'nationalism'. Yet, in the European context - where campaigning was most visible - there was in fact extensive reliance on, and re-iteration of, a transnational 'European' frame, with antecedents in the 1999-2006 campaign against General Agreement on Trade in Services negotiations. As the article argues, transnational campaigning operates within a nexus of multiple, and sometimes conflicting, geographic frames. In both campaigns discussed here, activists typically engaged with the wider public via the national context and, sometimes, with allusions to 'national autonomy'. However, their activism was dependent upon a frame espousing 'transnational solidarity'. Developed over time, this structured their transnational relations with other groups and more full-time activists.... view less
Keywords
EU; trade policy; international trade policy; economic policy; citizens' involvement; regional policy; international economic relations; international agreement; free trade; civilian population; United States of America
Classification
Economic Policy
European Politics
Free Keywords
General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS); Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); civil society; local government; petitions; politicization; trade policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 277-289
Journal
Politics and Governance, 8 (2020) 1
Issue topic
Politicization of EU Trade Policy across Time and Space
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed