[20060117]RS21875_欧盟扩大：对美国的经济影响.pdf

1 The 10 new members are Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. They join Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and theUnited Kingdom. For more background on the negotiations and political implications of theenlargement, see CRS Report RS21344, European Union Enlargement, by (name redacted).Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21875Updated January 17, 2006EU Enlargement: Economic Implications for the United Statesname redactedSpecialist in International Trade and FinanceForeign Affairs, Defense, and Trade DivisionSummaryThe United States strongly supported the formation of the European EconomicCommunity in the 1950s and has supported its subsequent expansions and evolution intowhat is now the European Union (EU). Likewise, the United States, under both theClinton and Bush Administrations, welcomed the latest, and largest expansion of the EU the addition of 10 new members effective May 1, 2004, viewing it as helping topromote stability and prosperity