The opposition to a liberal stance on imports of manufactures from developing countries is growing as certain specific groups of products made in these countries prove increasingly competitive and the industrialized countries suffer from persistent high unemployment. Model computations for the...

The European Community will be enlarged in the next few years by the accession of Greece, Portugal and Spain. Which will be the consequences for the labour market of the EC and the Federal Republic of Germany in particular?

In the intense political debate on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy there is a high degree of consensus that the present rates of production growth must be stopped and structural surpluses dismantled. On the other hand, there is broad agreement that the structural adjustment of...

The growing importance of Japan on the world market has brought with it changes in the international division of labour and a shift in the focus of the expansion in world trade away from the EC and the USA. What factors determine the shares of the EC, the USA and Japan in international trade?...

The deregulation of civil aviation in the United States has led to customers being offered a wider choice of flights at lower fares, whereas deregulation within the european Community is still a distant prospect. Chris Redston examines the proposals of the European Commission for liberalization...