In this chapter, the author first provide a brief survey of broad trends in the integration and disintegration of the international economy. He then focuses more specifically on the impact of globalization on labour, which is the theme of this volume, concentrating on the last great wave of...

This paper presents an analysis of the growth and structure of EU-CEE intra-industry trade since the latter commenced their economic transition in the late 1980's. Section 2 outlines the economic rationale for intra-industry trade and its classification into horizontal and vertical two-way...

The Mercosur was born as an imperfect Customs Union. During the transition phase to a complete Customs Union -starting in 1995-, each country established some exceptions to trade liberalization within the region and to the external common tariff. This paper deals with the possible effects on the...

This paper evaluates Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) from the perspective of globalization efforts in the Middle East and the Balkans, the regions that future expansion scenarios are most likely to cover. For this purpose, the paper investigates the economic rationale behind the desire to...

The discussion paper is an analysis into the effects of integration of Central East European (CEE) economies into the World market in general and the economic region on the European Union (EU) in particular.

Preparations for the introduction of the euro are underway in all sectors. The Commission Communication on "Practical Aspects of the Introduction of the Euro" of October 1997, provided information on these ongoing preparations at national and European level by both the private and the public...