firms that are engaged in international trade perform significantly better than those firms that trade on the domestic …

–Ukraine conflict little affected by potential trade and investment disruption, more by political escalation (by Gábor Hunya; pp. 7 …-10) Bilateral trade between Bulgaria and Romania the upturn after EU accession (by Sándor Richter; pp. 11-13) Recommended reading (p …

Distribution Europe's position in trade in knowledge-intensive business services (by Joseph Francois and Olga Pindyuk; pp. 6 …-12) Keywords trade, knowledge-intensive business services Countries covered European Union, OECD, East Asia Topics International … Trade, Competitiveness and FDI What kind of socio-economic order do we need in Europe? (by Kazimierz Laski and Leon …

Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Vertical integration of trade with China (by R. Stöllinger; pp. 9-13) Keywords trade …, integration Countries covered China, EU-27 Topics International Trade and Competitiveness FDI-related profits in the EU do host …

studies Intra-Visegrad Group trade after the EU accession (by S. Richter; pp. 9-14) Keywords trade, Visegrad countries, EU … accession Countries covered New EU Member States Topics International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI FDI among the Visegrad … covered New EU Member States Topics International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI Statistical Annex Selected monthly data on …

Trade and economic integration in the CIS an evaluation (by Vasily Astrov, Peter Havlik and Olga Pindyuk; pp. 1 …-3) Keywords trade, economic integration Countries covered CIS Topics International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI Volume and … variety of intra-bloc trade in an expanded European Union (by Neil Foster; pp. 4-10) Keywords intra-bloc trade, expanded EU …

; pp. 3-11) Keywords WTO, trade, FDI Countries covered Russia, Austria Topics International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI …-16) Keywords customs procedures, trade facilitation, business performance Countries covered Kosovo Topics International Trade …

in unit labour costs. Despite this (and despite growth being weaker than expected in the euro zone), NMS foreign trade … continues to perform excellently. Foreign trade has been even more instrumental in generating GDP growth in the first quarter of … 2005 than in the past. It should be pointed out, however, that NMS trade with the 'old' EU has grown at a relatively slower …