Meaning of Economic Integration in International Trade

Teaching results

Students will possess following abilities:
- understanding the importance of integration for international trade on the example of individual integration groups,
- knowledge of the process of development of integration from historical context,
- differences between particular forms of international economic integration on the example of integration formations,
- knowledge of current trends in integration tendencies of individual regions,
- knowledge of the advantages and possible negatives of integration processes from a global point of view,
- knowledge of the most important integration formations in the world economy.
Students will obtain following skills:
- the ability to use publicly available data and data in the field of international trade and to identify the potential of foreign trade activities of selected integration groups,
- prepare a basic survey of obstacles and perspectives of selected economic integration froups from the point of view of foreign trade,
- ability to work in the preparation of analytical material on the advantages / perspectives of integration groups in the context of their involvement in international trade.
Students will gain following competences:
- orientation in databases of international trade statistics (OECD, ITC, WTO, UNCTAD, etc.) as well as analytical materials related to integration issues,
- the ability to objectively argue the advantages and negatives of integration tendencies of the global, event. territorial point of view,
- ability to critically evaluate and synthesize theoretical knowledge and interpret analytical outputs,
- ability to communicate and present the results of teamwork - developed analytical material.