ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the issues relevant to agricultural trade liberalisation and labour immigration from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs) to the European Union (EU). It outlines the key determinants and variables that are relevant for the debate and utilise simple and stylised graphic models for illustrative purposes. The chapter explores the way for more empirically oriented applied work. Agriculture has been one of the least liberalised sectors, because of fears that cheap CEEC products would compete with highly protected agricultural products in the EU. Transition from communism to capitalism in the CEECs has prompted moves toward more integration with the countries of the EU. Migration of labour is also one of the major issues confronting the EU in the context of further integration of CEECs. Immigration interacts with trade liberalisation in ways that might produce effects on agriculture other than those that would be predicted by liberalisation in the absence of immigration.
