International Economic Relations (in English)

Syllabus

1. The structure of international economic relations, the structure of the world economy in the context of the historical development of international economic relations 2. Breakdown of the world economy according to the various basic criteria of economic development, the subjects of the world economy in the context of the development of international economic relations 3. International division of labour - the essence, conditions for the involvement of national economies in the international division of labour 4. The essence of comparative advantages in international trade, their development, conditions of change of comparative advantages in the national economy, foreign trade and its roles in the national economy, functions of foreign trade in the national economy, real exchange relations - essence, conditions of change in the national economy 5. Balance of payments - its structure, interdependence of its individual components on individual forms of international economic relations 6. Historical development of the world economy, with an emphasis on the development after the Second World War, international trade - historical development and current state 7. Foreign trade policy - tasks, methods, principles, instruments autonomous passive 8. Contractual instruments of foreign trade policy 9. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade - its importance for the liberalisation of world trade 10. The World Trade Organisation, its relevance for the liberalisation of world trade today 11. International capital movements - nature, graphical representation, historical development, trends 12. International movement of labour - nature, graphical representation, historical development and trends 13. Basic environmental issues in contemporary international economic relations, international/world conferences on the environment - their content and relevance for further developments