Regional Integration (Trading) Agreements 235171-D
Wykład (WYK) Semestr zimowy 2020/21

Regional trading (integration) agreements in the light of international law (in the light of rules of World Trade Organization - WTO).

Regional trading agreements: types, trends, reasons of different dynamics in main regions of the world.

Effects of integration blocs on integrating countries and on the external partners: theory and empirical evidence.

Intensity of trade and economic relations in main regions of the world economy.

Investment provisions in international agreements.

GATS and trade in services rules in regional trading blocks.

Spaghetti bowl of RTAs as a result of different rules of origin of goods.

Regionalization of international production networks: theoretical and empirical aspects.

Comparative analysis of regional trading agreements in the world (EU, European Economic Area, NAFTA, MERCOSUR, ASEAN).

Specific problems of development of regional integration blocks in developing countries.

Instruments of external relations of RTAs (of relations with third countries).

Regional trade agreements: an incentive or a barrier to worldwide cooperation. Prospects of development

Mechanisms and instruments of functioning of the EU as the main regional trading agreement: rules and effects of free movement of goods, services, labour and capital.

Effects of the 2008-2009 crisis on the cooperation inside the EU: disintegration or enhanced cooperation?

Diagnosis of the crises troubling the EU (the euro area crisis, emigration crisis, low efficiency of governance at the EU level) and prospects of the way out of them.