Europe after Enlargement Economic Challenges for EU and India

by Boillot, Jean-Joseph

• ISBN13: 9788171885091
• ISBN10: 8171885098
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-28
• Publisher: Academic Foundation

Summary

The European Union's growth to 25 members and the speed of its economic integration is described in this study of competitive pressures on companies outside the EU, particularly in India, that depend on European suppliers and markets.

Author Biography

Jean-Joseph Boillot is Professor of Social Sciences, and holds a Ph.D. in Development Economics. His dissertation was on India's economic development since Independence. From 1990, he has been Economic Advisor with the French Ministry of Finance on the main challenging regions of the world: Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS, East Asia and again Eastern Europe for the last EU enlargement negotiations. In 2003, he joined the French Treasury as Financial Advisor for India and South Asia, based in New Delhi. He is author of more than 20 books and of many articles on various fields of economics, particularly International and Development Economics, and on India and China. He is member of the Editorial Committee of the Monthly Alternatives Economiques, the EuroIndia Center and Confrontation Europe. He is married and has two daughters

Table of Contents

Introduction	11	(4)
The Institutional and Economic Rationale Behind Enlargement	15	(36)
Institutional Rationality: The EU Methodology
From Copenhagen (June 1993) to Copenhagen (December 2002)
The Four Pillars of the Enlargement Process
The Association Agreements (or the European Agreements)
The Negotiations Framework: The 31 Chapters of the `Acquis Communautaire'
The Process of Financial Support: The EU Programmes
A Process of Institutional Support: The Reinforcement of the Administrative Capacities
Economic Rationality: A Twin Gain for Europe
Ensuring that the Central and East European Countries Catch-up: Convergence
The 2000-2002 Growth Cycle Substantiates the Process of Convergence and its Challenges
The Masses and very Diverse Standards of Living
Benefits to the EU15 Group should not be Under-Estimated
Distribution of the Costs-Benefits of Enlargement: A Sensitive Subject
The Virtuous Logic of Integration: FDI and Consumption Catching-up	51	(34)
A Region that is Becoming Important for FDI Flows Towards Emerging Countries
The Increasing Global Attractiveness of the CEECs
Human Capital and its Cost: A Picture of Contrasts
The Importance of the Institutional Environment
The Proximity of EU15: A Powerful Factor of Attraction
Competitiveness of the CEEC and Competitiveness of Greater Europe
A FDI Potential which has not even Remotely been Achieved in the Early 2000s
The Initial Effects of FDI on Industrial Restructuring
FDI, Bridging the Productivity Gap and Setting the Successful Tempo of Convergence
The Consumption-Distribution Synergy
The Rise in Consumption Levels since the Mid-Nineties
Disparities between and within the CEEC Countries
Standardisation and Specificity of Consumption Modes
Trade as a Means of European Integration	85	(32)
Normalisation of Trade and Geographical Reorientation
The Re-direction of Trade Flows Towards the European Union will Continue
The Revival of Intra-CEEC Trade: A Crucial Component of the Intra-EU27 Trade
CEEC-Russia Trade: Are Legacy and Geographical Proximity an Asset?
Enlargement and the New Economic Geography of Continental Europe
The New Economic Geography of Europe: Five Belts and the Two New Expanding Axes
The Nordic Basin or the Mare Balticum
The Central European Belt or Mitteleuropa
The South-East European Basin
The Old Post-war European Community Centre
The Iberian Space
The French Case
The Reinforcement of Sectoral Specialisation
But the Dynamics of Country-wise
Specialisation is Unequal
Sectoral Dynamics	117	(36)
Textile-Garments: Inroads into a Global Industry, but for How Long?
The Regionalisation of Global Trade in Favour of the CEECs
Shorter Cycle: Mediterranean-CEEC Versus Asia
Clothing: The Take-off of Short Supply Cycles in Europe
Can Wages Convergence Put a Brake on Textile Development in the CEECs
The Emergence of a Complete Textile Chain will Probably Run Up Against the Shortcomings of Local Industrialists
Furniture: Old Suppliers and a Local Demand that is Gradually Gaining in Strength
An Export-Driven Recovery Rendered Fragile by the Cyclical Downturn in the European Business Climate
Domestic Markets -- New Opportunities for Local Firms but also for West European Firms
NICT (or IT, Information Technologies): The Difficult Conversion of Supply and the Unequal Convergence of Demand
A Promising Beginning Interrupted by the Internet Bubble Crisis of the Second Millennium
A Slow and Unequal Catching-up of the Demand for NTIC
The Catching-up of Computer Related Equipment has Slowed Down
The Adaptation Crisis in the East European Iron and Steel Industry
The Emergence of a New Automobile Hub in Europe
The Offensive Strategies of the Principal Manufacturers are of a Pan-European Nature
No Major Upheaval in the European Automobile Market, but a Challenge
India and EU Enlargement: Challenges and Opportunities	153	(18)
Economic Implications of EU Enlargement
EU Enlargement and its Impact on India-EU Trade Linkages
EU Enlargement and its Impact on India-EU Investment Linkages
Analysis of the Keys Sectors
India and the New Europe: Issues and Challenges
Recommendations
References	171	(2)
Index	173