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The Legal Realisation of Open Strategic Autonomy in the EU’s Trade Policy Instruments - A Study of the IPI, FSR, and ACI

Pintér, Boglárka LU (2025) HARN63 20251
Department of Business Law
Abstract (Swedish)
This thesis explores how the European Union implements the concept of open strategic autonomy through three recent trade policy instruments: the International Procurement Instrument, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, and the Anti-Coercion Instrument. In response to growing geopolitical tensions, supply chain vulnerabilities, and the stagnation of multilateralism, the EU has increasingly turned to legal tools that assertively defend its strategic interests. By analysing the legal basis, scope, and mechanisms of these instruments, the study demonstrates how open strategic autonomy is being implemented through the EU’s capacity to act unilaterally while maintaining its commitment to openness and international law. The thesis argues that these... (More)
This thesis explores how the European Union implements the concept of open strategic autonomy through three recent trade policy instruments: the International Procurement Instrument, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, and the Anti-Coercion Instrument. In response to growing geopolitical tensions, supply chain vulnerabilities, and the stagnation of multilateralism, the EU has increasingly turned to legal tools that assertively defend its strategic interests. By analysing the legal basis, scope, and mechanisms of these instruments, the study demonstrates how open strategic autonomy is being implemented through the EU’s capacity to act unilaterally while maintaining its commitment to openness and international law. The thesis argues that these instruments reflect a change in trade policy that addresses distortions in global trade, foreign subsidies, and economic coercion. Although these tools introduce new assertiveness, they also integrate legal safeguards and proportionality requirements, reflecting the EU’s ongoing support for multilateralism. (Less)
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author
Pintér, Boglárka LU
supervisor
organization
course
HARN63 20251
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Open Strategic Autonomy, European Union, International Procurement Instrument, Foreign Subsidies Regulation, Anti-Coercion Instrument, EU Trade Policy
language
English
id
9195315
date added to LUP
2025-06-10 11:16:52
date last changed
2025-06-10 11:16:52
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  abstract     = {{This thesis explores how the European Union implements the concept of open strategic autonomy through three recent trade policy instruments: the International Procurement Instrument, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, and the Anti-Coercion Instrument. In response to growing geopolitical tensions, supply chain vulnerabilities, and the stagnation of multilateralism, the EU has increasingly turned to legal tools that assertively defend its strategic interests. By analysing the legal basis, scope, and mechanisms of these instruments, the study demonstrates how open strategic autonomy is being implemented through the EU’s capacity to act unilaterally while maintaining its commitment to openness and international law. The thesis argues that these instruments reflect a change in trade policy that addresses distortions in global trade, foreign subsidies, and economic coercion. Although these tools introduce new assertiveness, they also integrate legal safeguards and proportionality requirements, reflecting the EU’s ongoing support for multilateralism.}},
  author       = {{Pintér, Boglárka}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Legal Realisation of Open Strategic Autonomy in the EU’s Trade Policy Instruments - A Study of the IPI, FSR, and ACI}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}