Economic integration of post-Soviet states 236501-D
Konwersatorium (KON) Semestr zimowy 2021/22

Economic potential of the post-Soviet states - area, population, natural resources, infrastructure, GDP, main sectors of the economy

Short- and long-term effects of unilateral and reciprocal (bilateral and multilateral) liberalization - theoretical approach

Internationalization of the post-Soviet states - trade in goods and services - level (value, share in GDP), structure, involvement in global value chains (trade according to BEC, TIVA / WIOD); and foreign direct investment - level, structure - part I.

Internationalization of the post-Soviet states - trade in goods and services, and foreign direct investment - part II

Integration with the world economy - main motives; level of customs duties and their structure, non-tariff barriers; openness of economies according to international indexes

Membership of the post-Soviet states in the World Trade Organization - members / candidates; main areas of negotiations, reasons for difficulties in accession negotiations (on both sides), conditions for accession / changes in the level of market protection; relations with the IMF - aid conditioned by structural reforms - part I.

Membership of the post-Soviet states in the World Trade Organization - part II

Integration of the post-Soviet states with the European Union - main motives, types of agreements and their main provisions; the volume and structure of trade with the EU, the importance of EU customs preferences - part I

Integration of the post-Soviet states with the European Union - part II

Relations of the post-Soviet states with selected other economic partners - motives, main provisions of the agreements and their effects on mutual trade

Evolution of integration within the post-Soviet area since the collapse of the USSR - from the Commonwealth of Independent States to the Eurasian Economic Union (EaEU); main motives for integration and encountered barriers; role of Russia

Eurasian Economic Union - main provisions of the integration agreement, stages of integration, the most important institutions and their competences, results to date - part I

Eurasian Economic Union - part II

EaEU agreements with other states - main provisions and importance for the economic relations of the states involved

EaEU and the EU - comparative analysis