“Exporting Rules: The European Union as Model for International Regimes?”

We consider the appropriateness of EU models in four areas that are now rising-some as a result of the discussions about a possible ‘Millennium Round,’ others because of recent WTO dispute settlement cases-to the top of the international trade agenda. These are: technical barriers to trade, focusing on issues of risk; services (which are addressed in detail in Henrieke Mueller’s paper); investment; and competition policy. We begin, however, by addressing what we see as one of the fundamental challenges to further liberalisation-respecting regulatory sovereignty, particularly as it reflects different attitudes to risk