120-0903/01 – International Trade and Trade Policy (MO)
| Gurantor department | Department of International Economic Relations | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Michaela Melecká Staníčková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Michaela Melecká Staníčková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2014/2015 | Year of cancellation | 2021/2022 |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
To compare the basic and current theories of international trade.
To define the manifestations and impacts of globalisation in the area of trade and investment flows.
To identify the main factors that have influence on competitiveness in international trade.
To formulate the position of the EU in world trade and to evaluate its comparative advantages.
To identify the instruments and methods for the quantification of trade flows.
To formulate the current issues in multilateral negotiations about world trade liberalisation.
To categorise multilateral commitments in the WTO.
To assess regional trade flows.
To evaluate the current trends in international trade and international trade policy.
Teaching methods
Individual consultations
Summary
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Student meets the requirements based on tutorial.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Theories of international trade. Globalisation of trade flows. Competitiveness in international trade. Internationalisation of production and trade, economic openness. The Grubel-Lloyd index and intra-industry trade. Herfindahl index of concentration. Trade with intermediate products, export diversification, revealed comparative advantages. Modelling of trade flows, gravity models and their modification, the CGE model. Multilateral trade liberalisation, commitments on roll-back and standstill in the WTO and the WTO+. The issues of GATT, GATS and TRIPS. Trade policy instruments and new forms of protectionism in international trade. The quantification of trade policy. Trade preferences and regional trade agreements, the effects of trade preferences – Mead´s and Balassa´s models. The intensity of regional trade and trade complementarity.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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