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The Decline of Global Economic Governance and the Role of the Transatlantic Powers

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  • Dieter Heribert

    (German Institute for International and Security Affairs)

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Although the global economy has flourished in the current global economic governance regime, the foundations of this order are starting to crumble. Both in trade and in finance, the existing institutions are under severe stress. In trade, more and more countries undermine the WTO by implementing preferential trade agreements. In finance, the IMF has been weak for most of this decade, although it experienced a revival in the current crisis. First and foremost, this weakness of the institutions of global economic governance is the result of policies implemented by the transatlantic powers. Both the European Union and the United States are actively pursuing policies that weaken the existing institutions. In trade, there is a large gap between the official rhetoric, which highlights the importance of the multilateral regime, and the trade policy practice, which is weakening the WTO. In finance, the transatlantic powers have until very recently blocked any progress in the IMF with regard to lending policies. In addition, the EU continues to defend its unjustified overrepresentation in the IMF's governance structures.The article suggests that one of the key explanations for this development is the weak support for globalization in most OECD-countries. Confronted with no enthusiasm for globalization in their domestic constituencies, policy makers in Europe and the United States are increasingly opting for policies that will, over time, erode the existing regimes of global economic governance.

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  • Dieter Heribert, 2009. "The Decline of Global Economic Governance and the Role of the Transatlantic Powers," Business and Politics, De Gruyter, vol. 11(3), pages 1-25, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:bpj:buspol:v:11:y:2009:i:3:n:6
    DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1258
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    1. Dan Herman, 2012. "The missing movement: a Polanyian analysis of pre‐crisis America," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 39(8), pages 624-641, June.
    2. Natasha Hamilton-Hart, 2012. "Regional and multi-level governance: East Asian leadership after the global financial crisis," Asia Europe Journal, Springer, vol. 9(2), pages 237-254, March.

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