120-0903/01 – International Trade and Trade Policy (MO)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of International Economic RelationsCredits10
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Michaela Melecká Staníčková, Ph.D.Subject version guarantordoc. Ing. Michaela Melecká Staníčková, Ph.D.
Study levelpostgraduateRequirementChoice-compulsory
YearSemesterwinter + summer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2014/2015Year of cancellation2021/2022
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesDoctoral
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Examination 28+0
Part-time Examination 28+0

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:

BERGEIJK, P. A. G., BRAKMAN, S. The Gravity Model in International Trade. Advances and Applications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. 355 p. ISBN: 9780521196154. FOJTÍKOVÁ, L. Compliance Číny s WTO. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2019. 268 s. ISBN: 978-80-7598-528-6. KRUEGER, A. O. International Trade: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. 288 p. ISBN: 0190900458.

Recommended literature:

BALÁŽ, P. A kol. Medzinárodné podnikanie. Bratislava: Sprint dva, 2019. 304 s. ISBN 978-80-89710-51-5. DALRYMPE. W. The Anarchy. The Relentless Rise of the East India Company. London: Bloomsbury Publishing 2019, 576 p. ISBN: 9781408864371. HELPMAN, E. Understanding Global Trade. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011. 222 p. ISBN 978-0-674-06078-4. HERTEL, T. W. Global Trade Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 403 p. ISBN 0-521-56134-5 (hardback). ISBN 0-521-64374-0 (paperback). SCHROPP, S. A. B. Trade Policy Flexibility and Enforcement in the WTO: A Law and Economics Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 380 p. ISBN: 9781107638181. WTO. A Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis. Geneva: WTO, 2012. ISBN 978-92-870-3812-8.

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

Part-time form (validity from: 2014/2015 Winter semester, validity until: 2021/2022 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Examination Examination   3
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