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The Intensification of Foreign Trade in Post-Socialist Countries and Their Role in Global Value Chains

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  • Ewa Cieślik

    (Faculty of International Business and Economics, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland)

  • Jadwiga Biegańska

    (Department of Urban Studies and Regional Development, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland)

  • Stefania Środa-Murawska

    (Department of Urban Studies and Regional Development, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland)

Abstract

This article presents the transformation of foreign trade in 10 post-socialist countries, current members of the EU. Special focus is given to the more significant role these countries began to play in global value chains (GVCs) as a result of liberalisation processes and integration within the EU. In addition, the article evaluates their place in global vertical specialisation. To locate each country on a global value chain and to compare them with selected countries, more complex methods of measuring the level of participation of European post-socialist countries in GVCs were employed. These methods allow the position of a country downstream or upstream in GVCs to be established. We concluded that (a) post-socialist countries differ in the levels of their participation in GVCs. Countries that have stronger links with Western European countries, especially with Germany, are more integrated; (b) a large share of post-socialist countries’ exports pass through Western European GVCs; (c) most exporters in Central and Eastern Europe are positioned in downstream segments of production rather than upstream markets.

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  • Ewa Cieślik & Jadwiga Biegańska & Stefania Środa-Murawska, 2016. "The Intensification of Foreign Trade in Post-Socialist Countries and Their Role in Global Value Chains," Acta Oeconomica, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 66(3), pages 465-487, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:aka:aoecon:v:66:y:2016:i:3:p:465-487
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    1. Ines KERSAN-SKABIĆ, 2017. "Assessment of EU member states' positions in Global Value Chains," Eastern Journal of European Studies, Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, vol. 8, pages 5-24, December.
    2. Irena Lacka & Janusz Myszczyszyn & Sylwia Golab & Beata Bedzik & Blazej Supron, 2020. "Correlation between the Level of Economic Growth and Foreign Trade: The Case of the V4 Countries," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(3), pages 657-678.
    3. Doan Ngoc Thang, 2024. "How do regional extreme events shape supply-chain trade?," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 117-149, February.
    4. Ewa Cieślik, 2022. "A New Era Is Beginning in Central and Eastern Europe: Information and Communication Technology Services Exceed Manufacturing in the Global Production Chain," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 13(4), pages 2607-2639, December.
    5. Ines Kersan-Skabic & Antea Barisic, 2023. "Foreign direct investments and participation in global value chains: New evidence from advanced manufacturing industries in Central and Eastern Europe," E&M Economics and Management, Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Economics, vol. 26(4), pages 4-16, December.
    6. Lavinia Maria Nețoiu & Titu Nețoiu, 2023. "Analysis of the Trade Balance in the 27 Eu Countries," Journal of Financial Studies, Institute of Financial Studies, vol. 8(15), pages 132-143, November.
    7. Ewa Cieślik, 2019. "Looking for the sectoral interdependence: evidence from the Visegrad countries and China," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 53(4), pages 2041-2062, July.
    8. Aleksandra Nacewska-Twardowska, 2021. "Central and Eastern Europe Countries in the New International Trade Environment at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Global Value Chains and COVID-19," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(Special 3), pages 547-560.
    9. Nazarczuk Jarosław M. & Umiński Stanisław, 2018. "The geography of openness to foreign trade in Poland: The role of special economic zones and foreign-owned entities," Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, Sciendo, vol. 39(39), pages 97-111, March.
    10. Cieślik Ewa & Biegańska Jadwiga & Środa-Murawska Stefania, 2016. "Evaluation of Trends in Foreign Trade Development in the Post-Communist Countries of Europe in the Years 2000–2012 Following their Accession to the EU," Quaestiones Geographicae, Sciendo, vol. 35(4), pages 35-48, December.

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    Keywords

    Central and Eastern Europe; foreign trade; global value chains;
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    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe

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