The article raises the questions whether the European Union can - according to its own claim - profile itself as a liberalising force in the WTO, and if the Union can enforce its specific interests in the WTO agenda setting. Special focus is put on agriculture negotiations, merchandise trade, services, the so called Singapore Issues and development. The analysis displays the Union’s heavy engagement in all concerned policy fields; however, liberalisation efforts vary and the European Union was not particularly successful in bringing about its positions in policy fields of special interest to the Union. The results shed a critical light on future negotiation successes in the WTO, given the fact that the Union - as one of its most relevant actors - is therefore likely to commit itself to diverging agreements in the future.
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