Date: 21 October 2005

How is world trade affected by the European integration process? Is there a trade diversion that is to the disadvantage of countries bordering on the Union? The report European Integration and Trade Diversion: Yeats revisited was presented at the seminar which discusses these issues. The authors conclude that there was indeed trade diversion in the early stages of the Communities, but no such effects are discernible in recent years.

Participants:
Ari Kokko, Professor, EIJS, Stockholm School of Economics
Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall, Ph D, EIJS, Stockholm School of Economics
Mats Hellström, Chairman, SIEPS Board of Directors
Lena Johansson, Director General, National Board of Trade
Lars-Olof Lindgren, State Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications
Lars Lundberg, Professor, Örebro University

Publikation:
 2005:7 European Integration and Trade Diversion: Yeats revisited (331.28 kB)

Forskningsprojekt:
Trade and Welfare Effects of the EU's Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements