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How Germany Can Realize Friendshoring in Its Neighborhood: A Half Step Plan
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Abstract In EU member states, businesses are skeptical of moving production to the EU neighborhood, and governments are scratching their heads as to how to ensure stability and friendly investor relations there. Yes, the EU has developed liberal trade relations with the countries of the Western Balkans and E... view more
In EU member states, businesses are skeptical of moving production to the EU neighborhood, and governments are scratching their heads as to how to ensure stability and friendly investor relations there. Yes, the EU has developed liberal trade relations with the countries of the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe as preparation for their eventual accession to the bloc. Yet this liberalization is evidently not enough of a carrot to incentivize big reforms or foreign policy alignment that would mark them out as "friends" of the EU. If the EU cannot practice "friendshoring" in countries that are close neighbors and where its leaders want to engage, where can it?... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; EU; international economic relations; international competition; foreign trade; geopolitics; Eastern Europe; Southeastern Europe
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
National Economy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
10 p.
Series
DGAP Policy Brief, 25
ISSN
2198-5936
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0