ABSTRACT The Soviet-led Council for Mutual Economic Assistance member, Central European countries found themselves in a difficult political and economic situation after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Three post-Eastern Bloc countries formed the Visegrad Group to strengthen their ties to the West, but the need for foreign investment, job creation and technology transfer was urgent. This is when military modernisation also came into the picture and the counter-trade—as known as offset—as a tool to help these economies. A trade practice which was meant to energise these economies via defence acquisitions linked economic programmes. Two Visegrad Group member countries, Hungary and the Czech Republic decided to sign offset agreement with the defence firm SAAB to license Gripen fighter aircrafts. This study intends to analyse if these deals were able to help governments to reach their objectives or the two countries were unable to take advantage of the offset programmes.

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Gripen 抵消在 Visegrad 集团国家的成功和失败

摘要 作为以苏联为首的经济互助委员会成员，中欧国家在苏联解体后陷入了艰难的政治和经济形势。三个后东欧国家成立了维谢格拉德集团以加强与西方的联系，但迫切需要外国投资、创造就业和技术转让。这是军事现代化也出现的时候，对销贸易（称为抵消）作为帮助这些经济体的工具。一种贸易做法，旨在通过与国防采购相关的经济计划为这些经济体注入活力。维谢格拉德集团的两个成员国，匈牙利和捷克共和国决定与国防公司萨博签署抵消协议，以获得鹰狮战斗机的许可。