Eckert S (2025)
Publication Language: German
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2025
Book Volume: 1
Pages Range: 4-18
Journal Issue: 2025
DOI: 10.5771/0720-5120-2025-1-4
Open Access Link: https://www.inlibra.com/de/document/view/pdf/uuid/dccee314-5d6b-3052-8e81-2ebee7461845
The European Union (EU) as a key actor in international economic and trade policy is facing new
challenges in the era of geopolitics. Acknowledging this altered context, the article makes three contri-
butions: First, it conceptualises what can be understood as a geoeconomic turn of the international
economic order, and examines the extent to which policy measures adopted by the EU over the
past years qualify as geoeconomic. Second, it discusses the role of business actors as supporters and
opponents of reorienting economic policy based on the concept of business power. Third, it questions
whether the EU, genuinely understood as a market and regulatory power, can become a geoeconomic
power and what the implications of a geoeconomic turn would be for the EU as an international actor.
The analysis shows that, since 2017, the EU has been increasingly pursuing a geoeconomic agenda
partially supported by business actors, and that the EU has the potential to become a geoeconomic
power.
APA:
Eckert, S. (2025). Europäische Wirtschaftspolitik in der geopolitischen Ära: Eine geoökonomische Wende? Integration, 1(2025), 4-18. https://doi.org/10.5771/0720-5120-2025-1-4
MLA:
Eckert, Sandra. "Europäische Wirtschaftspolitik in der geopolitischen Ära: Eine geoökonomische Wende?" Integration 1.2025 (2025): 4-18.
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