European Union Trade Relations with Third Countries
- Credits: 4
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2C
- Semester: summer
- Year: 2
- Faculty of Commerce
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Teaching results
In case of successful mastering of the subject, students will acquire the following knowledge in particular:
- deepening knowledge about the EU's foreign trade relations with selected territories, especially territories with non-preferential agreements,
- knowledge of the EU's current foreign trade positions,
- knowledge of the connections between the common trade policy and the agricultural policy of the EU using the example of the development of the EU's relations with the countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific and Latin America and using the example of a specific commodity,
- understanding of the use of non-tariff barriers, especially the determination of rules of origin on specific examples.
In case of successful mastery of the subject, students will acquire the following skills in particular:
- the ability to use publicly available data in the field of international trade and to identify the potential of the EU's foreign trade activity (export or import) in a specific territory,
- the ability to process the presentation and development of the EU's foreign trade relations and the position of the EU in the selected territory,
- the ability to formulate recommendations for solving the current situation within the EU's foreign trade relations.
In case of successful mastering of the subject, students acquire the following competences in particular:
- the ability to work in teams as well as coordinate work in teams and solve tasks within teams,
- based on facts and data, the ability to defend the outputs of case studies for selected countries,
- the ability to critically evaluate the knowledge gained,
- the ability to think creatively and innovatively when looking for prospects for the development of the EU's foreign trade relations.
Indicative content
The current situation in the development of the EU's foreign trade relations with selected countries and territories. The subject is thematically connected to the subject EU foreign trade policy, but in its content it focuses on the use of EU trade instruments in specific trade relations with a focus on non-tariff barriers within the framework of preferential and non-preferential agreements. The subject is primarily based on solving case studies and discussion.
Support literature
1. ZUBAĽOVÁ, Ľubica – DRIENIKOVÁ, Kristína. (2024). Obchodná politika EÚ – Afrika, Karibik a Tichomorie a indicko-tichomorský región. Praha: Leges, 164 s.
2. KITTOVÁ, Zuzana a kol. (2024). Zahraničnoobchodná politika EÚ v kontexte geopolitických a geoekonomických zmien. České Budejovice, Vysoká škola evropských a regionálních studií. 67 s.
3. LAURSEN, Finn – ROEDERER-RYNNING, Christilla (Eds.) (2020). The EU and the New Trade Bilateralism. 21st Century Trade. Routledge, 170 p.
4. GIEG, Philip et al. (Eds.). (2021). EU-India Relations. The Strategic Partnership in the Light of the European Union Global Strategy. Springer Cham, 377 p.
Syllabus
1. The EU's system of bilateral relations with individual countries/integration groups. Preferential vs. non-preferential relations. 2. Trade policy vs. common agricultural policy - specifics of the development of the EU's relations with the countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific and Latin America, using the example of trade in bananas. 3. Use of non-tariff barriers in trade with the EU - determination of rules of origin and their application in relation to individual territories. 4. Simplification of the rules of origin in trade relations with Jordan within the framework of the EU Jordan Compact Agreement. 5. Use of sanctions as a tool of trade policy in EU foreign trade policy. 6. Development of the EU's foreign trade relations with Iran in the context of the nuclear agreement and sanctions by the US and the EU. 7. Perspectives of the EU's foreign trade relations with Cuba. 8. Perspectives of the EU's foreign trade relations with the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union. 9. Meaning of preferential vs. non-preferential relations on the example of the countries of the eastern branch of the EU's neighborhood policy. 10. Perspectives of the EU's foreign trade relations with the USA. 11. Prospects for a free trade agreement between the EU and Indonesia. 12. Development and prospects of foreign trade relations and prospects of a free trade agreement with India. 13. Preferential trade relations of the EU on the example of a selected country.
Requirements to complete the course
20% solving case studies,
20% preparation and presentation of the term paper and discussion of it,
60% written exam.
Student workload
Total: workload 4 credits x 26 h = 104 h.
Separate load for individual educational activities
Participation in seminars: 26 hours.
Preparation for seminars: 13 hours.
Processing of semester work: 26 hours.
Preparation for the final exam: 39 hours.
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak, English
Date of approval: 06.03.2024
Date of the latest change: 29.10.2024