The Brussels Effect, by Anu Bradford

The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World (2020)

Documents how the EU exports its rules to the world through the sheer gravity of its market, forcing companies far beyond its borders to comply. The clearest account of Europe's one genuine form of technological power — and, read carefully, of how conditional that power is on remaining a market worth selling to.

Read it asking: the Brussels Effect is a macro-economic instrument, does it still have a function when trade becomes drawn securitized?