Introductory comments “trade and global economy: eu and turkey” “europeanisation and the role of economic elites in romania, hungary and turkey

This special issue of the journal is composed of the contributions from two conferences organized by the Department of European Studies, Graduate School of Social Sciences at Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir. The conferences were supported under the JM Chair in European Economic Integration (07/0013), and were concluded in cooperation with national NGOs. The conference titled “Trade and Global Economy: EU and Turkey” on 21st April 2010 was in cooperation with Economic Development Foundation (IKV). Prof. Dr. Haluk Kabaalioğlu, President of Economic Development Foundation (IKV) and JM Chair in European Law at Yeditepe University, Prof. Dr. Michael Smith from Loughborough University, UK, Dr. M. Sait Akman from Marmara University and Turkish Economic Policy Research Foundation (TEPAV), and Mr. Şahin Yaman, Deputy Director General for Economic Research and Evaluation, Undersecreteriat of Foreign Trade of Turkey were the contributors of this conference. Dr.Nevzat Şimsek, Dr.Dilek Seymen and Prof.Dr. Utku Utkulu were the main contributors from the Department of Economics at Dokuz Eylul University. The discussion centred on the role of EU as a global actor, European trade strategy and its impact on Turkish trade policy under the framework of the Customs Union and the assessment of Turkey’s Competitiveness in the EU market and the Turkish and EU negotiation positions in the Doha Round.

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