APPENDIX Figure 1.2 Convergence of Low-Income EU Countries

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Figure 1.2 Convergence of Low-Income EU Countries

Table 3.1 Free Trade Agreements (1952-2002)

YEAR Source: The WTO's website on Free Trade Agreements (http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/region_e/region_e.htm) 1952 EU 1960 EFTA 1994 EU — EFTA (= EEA) 1992 EFTA — Turkey 1993 EFTA — Hungary 1993 EFTA — Czech Republic & Slovakia

1994 EFTA — Poland 1993 CEFTA* 1993 EU — CEFTA 1973 EC — Cyprus 1995 EC — Czech Republic 1995 EC — Estonia 1995 EC — Hungary 1995 EC — Latvia 1995 EC — Lithuania 1971 EC — Malta 1995 EC — Poland 1995 EC — Slovakia 1999 EC — Slovenia 1995 EC — Turkey

1998 Czech Republic — Estonia 1998 Czech Republic — Latvia 1998 Czech Republic — Lithuania 1992 Czech Republic — Slovakia 1997 Czech Republic — Turkey 1998 Estonia — Turkey 1998 Estonia — Latvia 1998 Estonia — Lithuania 1998 Hungary — Estonia 2001 Hungary — Latvia 2001 Hungary — Lithuania 1998 Hungary — Turkey 2002 Latvia — Turkey 1999 Lithuania — Turkey 1998 Poland — Lithuania 2001 Poland — Turkey 2000 Poland — Latvia 1998 Slovak Republic — Estonia 1998 Slovak Republic — Latvia 1998 Slovak Republic — Lithuania 1999 Slovak Republic — Turkey 1996 Slovenia — Estonia 1996 Slovenia — Latvia 1997 Slovenia — Lithuania 2000 Slovenia — Turkey 1996 Slovenia — accession to CEFTA

* The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia (relevant members)