Udział nowych państw członkowskich (UE-10) w globalnych łańcuchach wartości w pierwszych latach po akcesji do Unii Europejskiej
The participation of new EU member states (EU-10) in global value chains in the years immediately following their accession to the European Union

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyse changes in foreign trade in the so-called new member states (EU-10) and the role these states play in global value chains (GVCs) as a result of liberalisation and integration with the EU. The hypothesis of this article is: the position in GVCs of analyzed states has improved signifcantly since the EU accession. The study focuses on trade linkages among countries before and after the accession. The article focuses on the country-level and sectoral-level value-added analysis. To ensure consistency and comparability of results,the data sources were databases kept by international organisations, mainly OECD-WTO Trade in Value Added and World Input-Output Database.

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