Domestic Lobbying for External Change: Textile Sector and Pakistan’s Entry into Generalised System of Preferences Plus

IF 1.1 4区社会学 Q2 AREA STUDIES

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-24 DOI:10.1177/00219096231192314

S. Munir

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Abstract

How do export-oriented factions influence trade policy? Export-oriented industries have incentives to expand trade, as doing so results in greater market access and higher profits. To achieve higher trade, such industries lobby policymakers through associations and interest groups that vie for policy influence. This paper suggests that such organization allows exporters to lobby governments at both the domestic and international levels. Domestically, exporters can take vocal positions on policy and pressure the government into concessions. Externally, exporters can placate opposition to their proposals by engaging in diplomacy and negotiation to finalize agreements. This paper uses Pakistan’s quest for Generalised System of Preferences Plus status with the European Union (EU) as an illustration of this mechanism. Influential domestic factions in Pakistan’s textile sector stood to benefit from preferential trading with the EU, and they successfully lobbied for favorable change in the country’s domestic policy and external relations. Evidence for this argument is presented using archival newspaper research from 2009 to 2013.

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出口导向的派系如何影响贸易政策?出口导向型工业有扩大贸易的动机，因为这样做会带来更大的市场准入和更高的利润。为了实现更高的贸易，这些行业通过协会和利益集团游说政策制定者，争夺政策影响力。本文认为，这种组织允许出口商在国内和国际层面游说政府。在国内，出口商可以在政策上直言不讳，并迫使政府做出让步。对外，出口商可以通过外交和谈判敲定协议来安抚反对他们提议的人。本文以巴基斯坦寻求与欧盟(EU)的普惠制加地位为例，说明了这一机制。巴基斯坦纺织业有影响力的国内派系从与欧盟的优惠贸易中受益，他们成功地游说了该国国内政策和对外关系的有利变化。这一论点的证据来自2009年至2013年的报纸档案研究。

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