This policy paper, prepared as part of the Background Study for the European Competitiveness Report 2009, analyses the external trade in goods and services between the EU and the BRICs. The paper starts with the analysis of the global position of the EU and the BRICs in world trade (using the...

Abstract EU integration, the process of EU enlargement and further visa liberalisation have encouraged increased population movements across Europe, some of which have taken new forms compared to previous migration waves. In particular, some destination countries have experienced high levels of...

Trade structure and convergence a comparison of CEECs to different world regions (by Julia Wörz) The weak dollar and its repercussions on Central and Eastern Europe (by Pawel Kowalewski) Conference Report 'WTO Round Basic Issues' (by Julia Wörz) Selected monthly data on the economic situation...

The basic dilemma of Poland's monetary strategy beyond 2003 (by Karol Lutowski) Slovenian exchange rate policy (by Janez Novak) EU signals reservations about early expansion of euro area (by Pawel Kowalewski) Selected monthly data on the economic situation in ten transition countries, 2002 to...