This paper explores the future EU-UK post-Brexit trade relations as they can be prefigured on the eve of the UK Parliament third final vote on the Withdrawal Agreement. In its first part, the paper provides a critical evaluation of the Article 50 TEU framework of EU-UK future trade relationship...

One of the most significant developments in the twenty-century world politics has been the foundation of European Community (EC), and its evolution into the European Union (EU). Now, the EU is a supranational entity that is composed of twenty-five member states while it will be twenty-seven with...

Der Außenhandel zwischen der bestehenden "EU der 15" und den Beitrittskandidaten Mittel- und Osteuropas hat sich in den vergangenen 10 Jahren stürmisch ausgeweitet. Ausgehend von der traditionellen "klassischen" Handelstheorie und den Thesen der "Neuen Ökonomischen Geographie" werden die...

We examine industrial output in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Romania during 1989-95 in terms of pretransitional product trade orientation. The growth of EU-oriented output within sectors of industry, ex-post trade, and market liberalization, is modeled as foreign direct investment induced...