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Latin America and EU widening to the East: possible effects on trade and investments

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Pending EU widening to the East has revived concerns in Lalin America that Europe may become more inward-looking. However, booming trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) relations between current EU members and Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) are unlikely to harm I^itin America. Trade patterns suggest that Latin America's exports to the EU are complementary to the exports of CEECs. Moreover, the recent surge of FDI flows to various host countries, including several Latin American economies, indicates that new investment opportunities in CEECs induce additional FDI, rather than causing diversion of FDI. This picture is unlikely to change significantly once some CEECs become members of the EU. The paper concludes that future economic relations between Latin America and the EU depend primarily on sustained economic policy reforms in Latin America and the EU's role in multilateral trade negotiations, rather than on EU widening per se.

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  • Nunnenkamp, Peter, 1997. "Latin America and EU widening to the East: possible effects on trade and investments," Kiel Working Papers 828, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
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