among Asia, Europe, and United States (US). We first document changes in trade patterns of East Asia, Europe, and US and … heavily driven by external demand. However, macroeconomic interdependence among East Asia, Europe, and US is becoming more …We investigate changes in Asia's regional and global trade linkages and their influence on macroeconomic relationships …

trading areas dramatically expanded to the shores of Asia, and a long period of harsh competition set the East India Companies …

Europe, North America and Asia. The development of the EC towards the single market, the opening up of Eastern Europe and the … growth of trade within the Asia Pacific region itself have led to the expectation that this link would become even weaker in …

), trade resistance factors on the EU import side can be explained mainly by slow growth in Europe in the first half of the … nineties rather than by SMP-induced trade barriers. Concerning integration widening toward Central and Eastern Europe (CEE … of the Europe Agreements. As trade overlaps between Asian and CEE supply on EU markets are low, the trade diversion fear …

or student of the development of Central Asia generally or Kazakhstan specifically since its independence in 1991. …