The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the most significant trade policy initiative since the Uruguay Round (1986 to 1994). It would create a free trade zone covering 45% of world GDP. However, critics dismiss the possible welfare gains as small compared to the...

The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the most significant trade policy initiative since the Uruguay Round (1986 to 1994). It would create a free trade zone covering 45% of world GDP. However, critics dismiss the possible welfare gains as small compared to the...

The paper focuses on Poland's distinctly changing foreign trade patterns in the course of economic transformation and EU accession. In order to shed more light on the structure of Poland's integration into the European division of labor the Polish trade flows are analyzed by applying a filtered...