Book Reviews Maresceau, Marc (ed.). The European Community's Commercial Policy after 1992: The Legal Dimension. European Institute - University of Ghent. Dordrecht, Boston, London: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1993. Pp. xiv, 467. Index This book results from a Jean Monnet workshop organized by the European Institute of the University of Ghent on 6-7 February 1992. It contains a foreword by Willy De Clercq and contributions by Marc Maresceau, Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, Francis Jacobs, Piet Eeckhout, Thiebaut Flory, Jacques Bourgeois, John Usher, Jean Raux, Inge Govaere, Paolo Mengozzi,Thomas Van Rijn, Marc Cogen, Edmond Volker, Paul Demaret and Pieter Jan Kuyper. In the first part of the book, the general legal framework of the Common Commercial Policy is discussed, with four reflective contributions covering an overview of the (lack of) changes in the concept as a result of the Maastricht Treaty, constitutional principles governing the CCP, the review of commercial policy measures by the European Court of Justice, and the external dimension of the internal market as well as the scope and content of a modern commercial policy. The second part focuses on so-called border regions of the Community's commercial policy and examines the relationship between the CCP and other policies, such as industrial policy, competition policy, CAP, development policy, intellectual property protection, trade in services, transport policy, technical regulations and standards, environmental policy, and trade sanctions, security and human rights. All of these obviously have an external component, either well-entrenched or in an embryonic stage, on which the second part concentrates. The idea underlying the entire book rests on the emergent need to revise the concept of Common Commercial Policy and its transformation into a `Common external economic policy'. This far-reaching concept would cover not only the traditional trade policy issues but also economic measures, services, capital, intellectual property, environment and competition, among others. Completed before the entry into force of the single market and the completion of the Uruguay Round, the book obviously does not reflect these and other developments that have occurred since mid-1992. Nevertheless, some underlying issues, such as the need to clarify the legal basis upon which the EC external measures are taken and the question whether more powers should be granted to the EC in trade related issues in order to achieve overall consistency between the CCP and other EC policies, remain in current debate. They are elements of any thorough reflection on the future path of the CCP, especially after the Court of Justice's opinion 1/94 which added some disturbing elements to this discussion.. The book is to be recommended as a useful overview of basic concepts underlying the Community's external relations policy and its cross-relations with other policy areas. It also serves as a powerful reminder of the ever-expanding breadth of the Community's commercial policy. Edwin Vermulst Brussels
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