ABSTRACT

This chapter considers the regional dimension to economic diplomacy. It does so on the premise that economic diplomacy - as explained in Chapter 10 - is a multi­ level process that includes unilateral measures, bilateral negotiations, regional negotiations and actions, plurilateral measures (such as in the G7/G8 or the OECD), and multilateral measures in the WTO or IMF or other bodies. The multi­ level nature of economic diplomacy appears in a variety of ways:

• Countries may handle specific policies at different levels: maiket integration regionally in the EU, tax policy plurilateral^ in the OECD, climate change multilaterally in the UN.