120-0314/08 – EU Trade Policy (SOPEU)

Gurantor department	Department of International Economic Relations	Credits	4
Subject guarantor	prof. Ing. Lenka Fojtíková, Ph.D.	Subject version guarantor	prof. Ing. Lenka Fojtíková, Ph.D.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate
		Study language	Czech
Year of introduction	2011/2012	Year of cancellation	2020/2021
Intended for the faculties	EKF	Intended for study types	Follow-up Master

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
DVO37	Ing. Kateřina Dvoroková, Ph.D.
FOJ28	prof. Ing. Lenka Fojtíková, Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Credit	2+1

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

1. To explain differencies between intra and extra EU trade. 2. To formulate a principle of the concept "common policy" in the area of trade relations of the EU with third countries. 3. To categorise trade relations of the EU with third countries. 4. To arrange the preferential trade relations of the EU. 5. To assess the actual position of the EU in the world trade. 6. To assess a character of the EU trade policy and to compare it with the trade policy of the USA and other selected countries. 7. To conclude initiatives of the EU in the WTO frame. 8. To predict future direction of the EU trade policy.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Seminars

Summary

The course is focused on the EU trade relations with third countries. These relations are managed by the Common Commercial Policy of the EU. The students will take up with current development in the world trade and the position of the EU in the world exports and imports in the area of merchandise trade and commercial services. In the next part of the course, the students will be informed about the WTO and the EU position to the multilateral trade liberalisation. The course includes the autonomus and convensional measures of the EU trade policy and the trade disputes issues, their solving in the WTO as well as the using of trade defence instruments.In the end, the trade policy of the Czech Republic in 1990s is introduces and application of the EU trade policy after its entrance into the EU. The main aim ofcourse is to analyze the impact of trade measures on the trade relations of the EU with third countries.

Compulsory literature:

BENEDICTIS, Luca de a Luca SALVATICI. The Trade Impact of European Union Preferential Policies. London: Springer, 2011. 229 s. ISBN 978-3-642-16563-4. FOJTÍKOVÁ, Lenka a kol. Postavení Evropské unie v podmínkách globalizované světové ekonomiky. Ostrava: VŠB-TU, 2014. 364 s. ISBN 978-80-248-3333-0. FOJTÍKOVÁ, Lenka. Zahraničně obchodní politika ČR. Historie a současnost (1945-2008). Praha: C. H. Beck, 2009. 246 s. ISBN 978-80-7400-128-4.

Recommended literature:

CIHELKOVÁ, Eva et al. Vnější ekonomické vztahy EU. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003. 709 s. ISBN 80-7179-804-5. DVOŘÁK, Pavel. Základy mezinárodní obchodní politiky. Praha: VŠE, 2001. 221 s. ISBN 80-7079-658-8. ELSIG, Manfred. The EU´s Common Commercial Policy. Hampshire Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2002. 196 s. ISBN 075463227X. FOJTÍKOVÁ, Lenka a Marian LEBIEDZIK. Společné politiky EU. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2008. 179 s. ISBN 978-80-7179-939-9. KEER, W. A. a J. D. GAISFORD. Handbook on International Trade Policy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Lim., 2007. 543 s. ISBN 978-1-84376-939-2. ŠTĚRBOVÁ, Ludmila. Impacts of the Lisbon Treaty on the EU Trade Policy. In: The Proceedings of E-Leader Budapest , 2010 [online]. Budapešť: CASA, 2010 [cit. 2012-11-02]. Dostupné z http://www.g-casa.com/conferences/budapest/papers/Sterbova.pdf

Additional study materials

Study supports in the EduDocs system

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Seminar thesis and its prezentation. Corresponding tasks.

E-learning

System Moodle.

Other requirements

activities on seminars, activities on seminars

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Outline of Course: 1.Introduction to the course. World trade development. 2.Position of the EU in the world trade (extra + intra-EU trade). 3.Common Commercial Policy of the EU - a principle, objects and development. Institutional and legal frames of the Common Commercial Policy. Customs Policy. 4.EU Trade Strategy. Market Access Database. 5.EU Trade Policy in the WTO. Multilateral trading system from the GATT to the WTO, objects and principles. 6.Autonomous trade-policy instruments in the EU (tariffs and non-tariff measures). The TARIC system. 7.Conventional measures of the EU trade policy. Bialteral (regional) and multilateral trade agreements. 8.Preferential system of the EU - principle and forms of preferences. The autonomous preferences of the EU. Rules of origin. 9.Non-Preferential system.Trade relations of the EU with the main trading partners. 10.Trade defence instruments – antidumping, countervailing duties and safequards.Trade Barriers Regulation in the EU 11.Trade disputes of the EU with third countries. Dispute settlement in the WTO. 12.Czech external trade policy in transformation period (1990s). Impacts of the Czech entrance to the EU on external trade. 13.Czech trade strategy in the EU. 14.Proexport policy of the Czech Republic - forms, instruments of export support. Export strategies.

Conditions for subject completion

Conditions for completion are defined only for particular subject version and form of study

Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Spec.	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	Type of duty
2018/2019	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T037) Management		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2018/2019	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T011) Economics and Law in Business		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2018/2019	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T040) Regional Development		P	Czech	Ostrava		Choice-compulsory	study plan
2017/2018	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T011) Economics and Law in Business		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2017/2018	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T040) Regional Development		P	Czech	Ostrava		Choice-compulsory	study plan
2017/2018	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T037) Management		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2016/2017	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T040) Regional Development		P	Czech	Ostrava		Choice-compulsory	study plan
2016/2017	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T011) Economics and Law in Business		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2016/2017	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T037) Management		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2015/2016	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T011) Economics and Law in Business		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2015/2016	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T037) Management		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2015/2016	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T095) Economics and Law in Journalism		P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2015/2016	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T040) Regional Development		P	Czech	Ostrava		Choice-compulsory	study plan
2014/2015	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T037) Management		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2014/2015	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T011) Economics and Law in Business		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2014/2015	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T040) Regional Development		P	Czech	Ostrava		Choice-compulsory	study plan
2014/2015	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T095) Economics and Law in Journalism		P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2013/2014	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T037) Management		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2013/2014	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T037) Management	(00) Management	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2013/2014	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T011) Economics and Law in Business		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2013/2014	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T062) Marketing and Business		P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2013/2014	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T062) Marketing and Business	(01) Marketing and Business	P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2013/2014	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T040) Regional Development		P	Czech	Ostrava		Choice-compulsory	study plan
2013/2014	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T095) Economics and Law in Journalism		P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2013/2014	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T040) Regional Development	(00) Regional Development	P	Czech	Ostrava		Choice-compulsory	study plan
2012/2013	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T062) Marketing and Business	(01) Marketing and Business	P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2012/2013	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T095) Economics and Law in Journalism		P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2012/2013	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T037) Management	(00) Management	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2012/2013	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T040) Regional Development	(00) Regional Development	P	Czech	Ostrava		Choice-compulsory	study plan
2011/2012	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T062) Marketing and Business	(01) Marketing and Business	P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2011/2012	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T037) Management	(00) Management	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2011/2012	(N6208) Economics and Management	(6208T011) Economics and Law in Business		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2011/2012	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T040) Regional Development	(00) Regional Development	P	Czech	Ostrava		Choice-compulsory	study plan
2011/2012	(N6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202T095) Economics and Law in Journalism		P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

Block name	Academic year	Form of study	Study language	Year	W	S	Type of block	Block owner
Subject block without study plan - EKF - P - cs	2019/2020	Full-time	Czech				Optional	EKF - Faculty of Economics	stu. block

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