The EU as a Global Digital Actor: Institutionalising Global Data Protection, Trade, and Cybersecurity

by Elaine Fahey

Overview

This is the first book-length treatment of the advancement of EU global data flows and digital trade through the framework of European institutionalisation. Drawing on case studies of EU-US, EU-Japan and EU-China relations it charts the theoretical and empirical approaches at play. It illustrates how the EU has pioneered high standards in data flows and how it engages in significant digital trade reforms, committed to those standards. The book marks a major shift in how institutionalisation and the EU should be viewed as it relates to two of the more extraordinary areas of global governance: trade and data flows. This significant book will be of interest to EU constitutional lawyers, as well as those researching in the field of IT and data law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781509957088
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/07/2024
Series:	Modern Studies in European Law
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Elaine Fahey is Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Chair in Law and Transatlantic Relations at City, Law School, City, University of London, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. EU as a Global Data Actor: Nudging Convergence and Capture
2. EU as a Digital Trade Actor
3. EU as a Cyber Actor: Institutionalising EU Cyber Law
4. On the Transatlantic Divide: Beyond Weak Institutionalisation
5. East Asia Convergence: EU-Japan Relations and Data
6. East Asian Reverse Convergence? EU-China Relations

Editorial Reviews

[The EU as a Global Digital Actor] is successful in defining and demonstrating a full picture of the EU as an institutionalist global protagonist in critical digital domains …The author's deep knowledge of EU digital regulation is an asset for the reader, who can find in the book not only a detailed and critical analysis of major EU regulatory trends and policies, but also the bigger picture comprising the regulatory design and its externalities and variants, in the global field. The book is a concise and thoughtful analysis of the EU's action and policy in global digital regulation.” —Tatiana Eleni Synodinou, Common Market Law Review

“The EU as a Global Digital Actor succeeds in offering readers a thorough perspective on how institutionalisation plays a pivotal role in defining governance structures and international interactions on a global scale … Fahey has effectively formulated a strong and persuasive argument that underscores the crucial importance of institutionalisation in shaping the EU's position on digital trade and data flows. Institutionalisation has emerged as an indispensable catalyst in shaping the EU's global positioning. It provides a lens through which to understand the evolution of European policies in the process and also sheds light on the EU's aspiration to be perceived in a specific way in the field of international relations.” —Silvia Talavera Lodos, European Law Review

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