National Administrations in EU Trade Policy

This book studies the relationshipbetween administrative capacity and a member state’s influence in the EuropeanUnion. More specifically, it studies member states’ ability to exert controlover the European Commission during trade negotiations. But what determinesadministrative capacity and how do member states ensure their preferences aredefended during trade negotiations? A combination of qualitative fieldwork and survey-analysisprovides the answer. Interviews in Belgium, Poland, Estonia and Sp