European Affiliations or National Interests Analyses of Voting Patterns on Trade Policy in European

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

I. INTRODUCTION

II. ROLE OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN THE EU'S TRADE POLICY
1. EU'S Trade Policy and the EP'S Involvement
2. Changes in EP'S Competences after the Lisbon Treaty

III. LIERATURE REVIEW OF VOTING PATTERNS OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
1. The Voting Patterns of European Parliament
2. US Congressional Voting on Trede Policy

IV. ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES
1. Trade Legislations Examined
2. Votes by political Groups and Countries
3. Empirical Test of Votes (Probit Model)

V. CONCLUSION

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