Romanian Abstract: Investiţiile străine directe constituie o modalitate de completare a surselor interne de finanţare a unei economii. Acestea pot contribui la dezvoltarea sustenabilă a ţării gazdă în anumite situaţii. Dar investiţiile străine directe pot avea şi efecte negative...

This paper examines the evolution of the EU’s trade in services over the 2004-2008 period in comparison with its trade in goods. It aims to disentangle the main trends shaping the EU’s services trade flows under the impact of increasing globalisation and the last two waves of EU enlargement....