This book examines the impact of EU trade and investment agreements on
public services, a topic that continues to be the subject of heated
political debate. It surveys a broad range of EU agreements and provides
a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of the rules and disciplines of
such agreements that can affect the provision of public services.
Going beyond the existing literature, it asks whether the treatment of
public services in EU trade and investment agreements is coherent with
the special status of public services in "internal" EU law, specifically
internal market law, while also challenging the notion that trade and
investment agreements automatically pose serious threats to public
services.
The book will be of keen interest to legal scholars and students
specialising in EU and/or international economic law together with
national and international policy-makers.
Luigi F. Pedreschi is affiliated to the European University
Institute in Florence, Italy, and currently works as a Research
Associate at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, also
located in Florence.