TY - BOOK AU - Cornelius,Peter AU - Cicinskas,Jonas AU - Cornelius,Peter AU - Treigiené,Dalia TI - Trade Policies and Lithuania's Reintegration Into the Global Economy T2 - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper SN - 1451929978 : SN - 1018-5941 PY - 1995/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Foreign Trade KW - imf KW - Free Trade Agreements KW - Free Trade KW - Trade Shock KW - World Market KW - Lithuania N2 - 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 UR - http://elibrary.imf.org/view/IMF001/07472-9781451929973/07472-9781451929973/07472-9781451929973.xml UR - http://www.imfbookstore.org/IMFORG/9781451929973 ER -