Gerry van der Kamp-Alons receives Marie Curie Fellowship
Gerry van der Kamp-Alons, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Radboud University, has received a Marie Curie Fellowship. She is receiving this fellowship for her research into multilateral and transatlantic trade negotiations such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The fellowship runs for three years, the first two of which Van der Kamp-Alons will spend at Boston University working with Professor Vivien Schmidt. In the third year, she will return to Radboud University.
For years there have been conflicts between the EU and the US regarding agricultural trade issues. Who hasn’t heard of the uproar about hormone-treated meat or, more recently, chlorinated chickens? Van Der Kamp’s research focuses on the impact that different US and EU policy instruments and objectives have on their trade negotiations in the agriculture sector. Not only does this effect trade agreements from the past, but also the interplay with current negotiations about the TTIP and in the Doha round of the WTO. The results of her research will give EU policy-makers insights into conditions needed to bring about reforms in the European agricultural policy that can contribute to improving transatlantic trade relationships.