{"307491":{"#nid":"307491","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Europe as a Global Regulator? Young Explores the Limits of EU Influence in International Food Safety Standards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe European Union is often depicted as a global regulatory power. \u0026nbsp;In his article\u0026nbsp;\u0022Europe as a Global Regulator? The Limits of EU Influence in International Food Safety Standards,\u0022 Alasdair Young\u0026nbsp;contends that this depiction, while not unfounded, is misleading.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYoung aims to clarify under what conditions the EU converts its regulatory capability into influence.\u0026nbsp; Specifically it seeks to resolve the puzzle of the EU\u2019s poor performance in the setting of global food safety standards within the Codex Alimentarius Commission.\u0026nbsp; The argument is deceptively simple.\u0026nbsp; The EU\u2019s limited influence is due to it being a preference outlier.\u0026nbsp; In a context where standards can be decided by voting, the stringency of the EU\u2019s regulations, rather than being a source of influence, is a liability.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis extreme case demonstrates that the EU\u2019s ability to exercise international influence is affected by the constellation of preferences and the distribution of power.\u0026nbsp; This article, therefore, contributes to the emerging literature that contends that the EU\u2019s international effectiveness can be understood only with explicit reference to the international context within which it is operating.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe article\u0026nbsp;which was published in Volume 21, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/toc\/rjpp20\/21\/6\u0022\u003E Issue 6\u003C\/a\u003E, of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EJournal of European Public Policy\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe European Union is often depicted as a global regulatory power. \u0026nbsp;In his article\u0026nbsp;\u0022Europe as a Global Regulator? The Limits of EU Influence in International Food Safety Standards,\u0022 Alasdair Young\u0026nbsp;contends that this depiction, while not unfounded, is misleading.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The European Union is often depicted as a global regulatory power.  In his article \u0022Europe as a Global Regulator? The Limits of EU Influence in International Food Safety Standards,\u0022 Alasdair Young contends that this depiction is misl"}],"uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2014-07-09 10:47:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:45","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"157801":{"id":"157801","type":"image","title":"Alasdair Young","body":null,"created":"1449178883","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:41:23","changed":"1538406870","gmt_changed":"2018-10-01 15:14:30","alt":"Portrait photo of Alasdair Young","file":{"fid":"195334","name":"alasdairyoung2012_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/alasdairyoung2012_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/alasdairyoung2012_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":591196,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/alasdairyoung2012_200x300_0.jpg?itok=tZFuwGb0"}}},"media_ids":["157801"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"889","name":"EU"},{"id":"116","name":"food"},{"id":"11378","name":"food safety"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}