PSCI 3606 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Soft Law, China National Offshore Oil Corporation

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Negotiating relations with major powers: China and the US
Negotiating relations with the major powers
Conceptional tool and techniques.
Continuum of policy relations
Fragmegration
Hard vs. soft law
Conceptional tools and techniques.
The continuum of policy relationships enables a more find grained analysis of binational
and regional policy relations
Fragmegration: the simultaneous and mutually reinforcing pressures of integration and
Fragmegration.
Distinction between hard and soft law helps to understand distinction between policy
instruments used to promote inter-states cooperation.
- Hard law: legally binding obligations on both domestic and international law often
expressed in treaties and formal arbitration.
- Soft law: quasi- legal and informal instruments which do not have any legally biding
force but are expected to be translated into domestic law as the states sees fit.
Fragmegration
Integration: pressure of globalization that acts to integrates states into a global economy
and erode importance of national borders.
Fragmegration: shifts in the shift in the location of authority always from nation- states
and the emergence of polycentric/ multi-layered governance.
Key US-CND policy domain
The psychological- cultural relationship.
- Despite long standing fears, closer economic integration has not resulted in greater
cultural similarities between Canada and the US
- Political cultural differences used by politicians on both sides of the border to score
political points in domestic debated, so increased integration often pursued through
technical means.
The institutional procedural relationships.
- Relations between national leaders, diplomats engagement with congress and
continuing engagement of provincial premiers.
- Good relations does not guarantee positive outcomes, but can contribute to the
prioritization on particular flies.
The trade- commercial relationships.
- The two economic are deeply integrated they are each other largest export markets
and deepening economic integration has led to the growth of complex value and
supply chains.
- The scope of cross- border integration varies by sector but deeper regulatory
cooperation is board government goal.
Canadian Approach to China
Seeking to offset the heavy dependence on the US economy, Canada has been pursuing
increased trade diversification since early 2000s
- China represents a major component of this approach, due its increasing economic
power in the global economy.
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Negotiating relations with major powers: china and the us. Negotiating relations with the major powers: conceptional tool and techniques, continuum of policy relations, fragmegration, hard vs. soft law. Conceptional tools and techniques: the continuum of policy relationships enables a more find grained analysis of binational and regional policy relations, fragmegration: the simultaneous and mutually reinforcing pressures of integration and. Fragmegration: distinction between hard and soft law helps to understand distinction between policy instruments used to promote inter-states cooperation. Hard law: legally binding obligations on both domestic and international law often expressed in treaties and formal arbitration. Soft law: quasi- legal and informal instruments which do not have any legally biding force but are expected to be translated into domestic law as the states sees fit. Key us-cnd policy domain: the psychological- cultural relationship. Despite long standing fears, closer economic integration has not resulted in greater cultural similarities between canada and the us.

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