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Ostrovskaya E.

Degree	PhD in Economics, Assistant Professor, World Economics department of the National Research University «Higher School of Economics»
E-mail	eostrovskaya@hse.ru
Location	Moscow
Articles	Inclusion of national economies in global value chains: changing frameworks of external economic relations Nowadays researches of different international economic organizations, such as the OECD, WTO and UNCTAD, concentrate more on global value chains (GVCs) analysis. Production processes of majority of goods are not limited to the production in a single country. Furthermore, involvement in different stages of production depends on the level of technological and innovative development of the country as well as on the availability of resources. Current article is devoted to the interdependence between fundamental changes in value chain model of goods and services and governments’ foreign economic regulation system. Besides, authors analyze reasons for rising fragmentation of production in the world economy and forms of participation in global value chains, which are chosen by countries. The given article demonstrates theoretical framework for various forms of integration of countries into global value chains as well as assessment of prospects for national economies within GVCs based on case-study of such countries as Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and China. Furthermore, the author presents retrospec- tive and comparative analysis of several countries’ economic development within global value chains. Read more... The EAEU and Egypt Free Trade Agreement feasibility study (including trade indicators calculations) Nowadays, many countries tend to expand their economic and politic interactions with other actors by active participation in regional integration groups. It is one of the main tendencies of modern international relations. Russian Federation has insufficient experience of participation in these associations with foreign countries. Under the conditions of sanctions policy of Russia’s main foreign trade partners conclusion of preferential trade agreements with countries in Asia, Latin America or Africa seems to be possibility to strengthen national economy. This article focuses on expediency of the conclusion the Free Trade Zone Agreement with Egypt. There are some calculations of economic indices, which can characterize the intensity of the existing trade relations and the possibility of expansion. Read more... Formation and development of FTA network: South Korean case The article focuses on formation and evolution of South Korean Free Trade Agreements (FTA) network. Republic of Korea’s case is an interesting example of the export-led economic growth that was spurred by trade liberalization process. The authors use the methods of regression and network analysis to reveal the specificity in South Korean approach setting up links with distant and bigger economies than South Korea, instead of integration with similar and geographically close countries. Also, the authors identified 4 periods in S. Korean trade policy and analyzed them in terms of trade partners. The classification revealed the South Korean trade partners preferences at the different periods of time. Finally, the authors examined the evolution of Korean FTA network that enabled forecasting further clusterization and the likely network increase by 30 percent. Moreover, based on these observations the authors draw a conclusion about a cross-zone network phenomenon when country A uses the existing free trade zone of the country B to get access to the markets of FTA partners of the country B. Read more...