@article{5bc99951dea34ebea108b89128e47663,
title = "The European union's trade and investment policy after the treaty of Lisbon",
author = "Rafael Leal-Arcas",
note = "Funding Information: All it could do was to produce own initiative reports or make its views known to the Commission through other means. Unlike the U.S. Congress, the EP had no powers to authorize trade negotiations based on set objectives. These have always been determined by the Council. This has severely constrained the ability of the EP to have anything like a credible veto over any trade agreement. Although the EP has been asked to grant its assent for most trade-and all association agreements-this has only happened once the agreement concerned has been agreed by the EU Member States in the Council and all the EU's negotiating partners. In these circumstances, a negative vote by the EP has simply not been a credible option.",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1163/221190010x00220",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "11",
pages = "463--514",
journal = "Journal of World Investment and Trade",
issn = "1660-7112",
publisher = "Brill Academic Publishers",
number = "4",
}