In this paper we intended to analyse the effects that the incorporation of the candidate states to the EU will have over their economies. As far as the EU has evolved towards a single market, we studied their foreign trade with the EU member states (intra and inter industrial trade). We also...

We analyse the role of foreign direct investment in the new acceding economies. The question to be answered is whether the new countries in EU may improve their positions in order to capture FDI flows from their comparative advantages and the southern European countries can worse their positions...