The increasing role of services in the EU’s integration into global value chains (GVC)

Alba Catalan Piera () and Jose Manuel Rueda Cantuche ()
Additional contact information
Alba Catalan Piera: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Jose Manuel Rueda Cantuche: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en

No JRC145722, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: Over the past decade, the European Union (EU) has deepened its participation in global value chains (GVCs), particularly through services in both backward and forward integration. Intra-EU trade has grown significantly, accounting for 42% of the total backward services index contribution and 64% of the forward services index (a 12.6% increase since 2010), while the US contribution to EU GVCs has declined. The EU-27 now holds a dominant position in the US services export market, contributing 54% of the US forward share, raising concerns about potential trade impacts under new EU-US tariff agreements. Within the EU, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg lead backward services integration, while Germany and France dominate forward linkages. Germany, in particular, serves as the most reliable intra-trade partner for other EU member states. Strengthening the EU’s single market is crucial to mitigating global trade instability and sustaining economic resilience

Date: 2026-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC145722 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ipt:iptwpa:jrc145722

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Publication Officer ().