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Foreign Economic Relations of the European Community: The Impact of Spain and Portugal

Alfred Tovias
 
ISBN: 978-1-55587-175-8
$35.00
1990/135 pages/LC: 89-38557

"Comprehensive and thought-provoking. . . . Necessary reading for academics and policy-makers interested in EC commercial policy and possible future directions."—West European Politics

"This short but exhaustive analysis by one of the leading students of Mediterranean economic affairs provides a valuable addition to the literature on the role of the European Community as an international actor."—International Journal

"A fine volume rich in detail and balanced in argument. This book will become indispensable reading for all those interested in understanding the role of the Community in international trade and in world affairs in general."—Journal of Common Market Studies

DESCRIPTION

Providing a wealth of primary source data on the European Community after the accession of Spain and Portugal, Alfred Tovias assesses the changes—demographic, economic, and cultural—that have occurred thus far as a result of the third enlargement and posits that a further result will be the development of new EC foreign policies.

Tovias traces the evolving character of the EC and, given the newest members' foreign policy affinities—and antipathies—explores the impact of Spain and Portugal on the Community's foreign economic policymaking. He also discusses present and likely future policies toward specific geographic regions. Although he sees an enhanced foreign policy profile for the enlarged EC, his data do not support the notion of a significant change in EC-Latin American relations, nor of a "Mediterranean lobby."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alfred Tovias is director of the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

CONTENTS

  • Introduction.
  • From Ten to Twelve: The EC After the Entry of Spain and Portugal.
  • The Global Impact of New Members on the Community's External Economic Policy-Making.
  • Economic Policies Toward Other Areas of the World.
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