Trade Policies and Lithuania's Reintegration Into the Global Economy

Peter Cornelius, Jonas Cicinskas and Dalia Treigiené

No 1995/138, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: The reintegration into the world economy has been an integral part of Lithuania’s transformation process. Trade policy reform has been assigned a key role, aiming at opening up the economy and redirecting foreign trade. This paper (i) analyzes the trade shock following the dissolution of the former Soviet Union; (ii) studies the political economy of trade reforms; (iii) evaluates Lithuania’s attempts to gain greater access to Western markets, in particular the European Union; and (iv) reviews the empirical evidence on redirecting foreign trade.

Keywords: WP; Lithuania; trade; state; import; enterprise; market structure; FSU country; export capacity; trade shock; reintegration strategy; Lithuania's trade; import protection; United Nations commodity trade Statistics; trade policy regime; import bill; net material product; trade reorientation; Imports; Exports; Tariffs; Trade policy; Trade balance; Baltics; Europe; Central and Eastern Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50
Date: 1995-12-01
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