Enlargement, Trade and Investment

Edited by Paul A. Brenton, Senior Economist in International Trade Development, The World Bank, US and Stefano Manzocchi, LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome, Italy

• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Enlargement, Trade and Investment: A Review of Economic Impacts 3. Transition without Accession: The Effects of Differential Integration on Trade and Welfare in Europe 4. Trade Structures, Quality Differentiation and Technical Barriers in CEEC-EU Trade 5. Technical Barriers to Trade and the Exports of Central and Eastern European Countries to the EU: An Overview 6. The Impact of Technical Barriers to Trade on Bulgaria’s Exports to the EU and to the CEFTA Countries 7. Technical Barriers to Trade: Hungarian Exports to the European Union 8. The Perception of Technical Barriers to Trade of Manufacturing Enterprises in Poland 9. The Process of Technical Harmonization with the European Union from the Perspective of Slovak Firms Index

'This is a wide-ranging and informative book focused on issues associated with the enlargement of the EU. The volume contains a good mix of country-specific chapters and chapters devoted to topics that transcend individual countries.'