Researches about Ukraine

How Economic Dependence Could Undermine Europe’s Foreign Policy Coherence

The German Marshall Fund of the United States

For nearly all EU member states, trade with other member states is decreasing as a share of total trade. Intra-EU exports have declined as a share of the EU’s overall exports from 68 percent in 2000 to 63 percent in 2014. This shift away from intra-EU trade raises difficult questions about the future of European integration.
EU member states are becoming more dependent on trade with, and investment from, non-Western powers for growth – a development that is being strengthened by the response to the eurozone crisis. The Eurozone “core” will increasingly rely on non-Western powers as export markets, while the …read more

Source: The German Marshall Fund of the United States

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