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The establishment of the European External Action Service (EEAS) was the latest organisational innovation aimed at bridging the disjuncture between EU external relations and foreign policy structures. Almost immediately after its creation, it attracted wide-spread criticism of i…

The thesis presents an institutional analysis of the effectiveness of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in ensuring deep market access commitments improving upon the status-quo multilateral obligations from countries participating in such PTAs. The thesis contends that PTAs a…