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This thesis examines the EU's commercial relations with Asia (in this case, South East Asia
and North East Asia), with a particular focus on the investigation of the EU's commercial and
business engagement at three different levels—transregional (ASEM), interregional (EUASEAN)
relations and bilateral (EU–Thailand) relations—during the period 1994–2004. Its
most general inspiration is the study of International Political Economy (IPE), particularly the
interrelations and interactions between states and firms, or governments and business, in the
changing global political economy. It argues that one can no longer conceive of EU–Asia
commercial relationships during the post-Cold War period only as traditional government-to-government
relations, but that business and firms (non-states) and the EU (a quasi-state) have
become significant actors performing commercial roles alongside states in these relationships. [Continues.]
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Publication date
2006
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A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.