EU Trade Policy in a Trade-Skeptic Context

This chapter seeks to provide some constructive input to the debate on EU trade policy. Drawing on academic research, including by the authors, as well as recent policy inputs from NGOs, Trade Associations and EU institutional actors, this chapter looks at how EU trade policy is evolving in response to its critics. In so doing, it explores the key challenges which the current context poses for policy-makers, highlights some of the ways in which trade policy has adapted to address recent challenges and provides some suggestions for further change.