Regional Integration (Trading) Agreements (e-learning)

Types of regional trade agreements (RTAs). Principles of their formation. Main provisions for trade in goods and services as well as investment. Trends and reasons for the development of RTAs. Effects on parties to RTAs' and on external partners. Comparative analysis of RTAs (EU vs. European Economic Area, integration agreements in North and South America, in Africa and Eurasia, ASEAN). RTAs: a barrier or a factor of closer cooperation? Mechanisms of functioning of the EU as the main trading bloc (movement of goods, services, workers, capital, relations with third countries).

The first objective of the course is to explain the reasons of increasing importance of regional integration (trade) agreements, mechanisms of their mechanisms of operations and, effects on member states and on the third countries. The second objective is to discuss the essence, intensity of relations, effects and prospects of development of economic relations in the European Union as the biggest and major world trading block. Achieving these objectives will serve to summarise the course and discuss whether regional trade agreements are an incentive or a barrier to worldwide cooperation.

Literatura podstawowa:

1. World Trade Report 2020. The WTO and preferential trade agreements: WTO Geneva 2020.

2. B.M. Hoekman, M.M. Kostecki. The Political Economy of the World Trading System: The WTO and Beyond. Oxrofd University Press, October 2009.

3. OECD publications on regional trade agreements at: http://www.oecd.org/tad/benefitlib/regionaltradeagreements.htm#publications

Literatura uzupełniająca:

1. R. Acharya, Regional Trade Agreements and the Multilateral Trading System, Cambridge University Press, 2016.

2. E. Kawecka-Wyrzykowska, Importance of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTA?s) for the EU and its Partners: The Case of the DCFTA with Georgia, in: The European Union and the Challenges of the New Global Context, ed. I. Tache, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

3. S. Yamaguchi, S., Greening regional trade agreements on investment, OECD Trade and Environment Working Papers, No. 2020/03, OECD Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1787/4452a09d-en

4. Dedicated WTO website: https://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicMaintainRTAHome.aspx

Evaluation criteria

Traditional Written Exam (18 pytań testowych obejmujących problematykę kursu (10 modułów)): 40.00%

Other (zadania i udział w dyskusji w trakcie semestru (zgodnie z harmonogramem)): 60.00%

Detailed passing conditions:

Na ocenę końcową składają się punkty zdobyte za:

a) pracę w ciągu całego semestru na platformie e-sgh, w tym:

- 10 wypowiedzi na forum x 2 pkt max = 20 pkt max

- rozwiązanie 5 zadań x 2 pkt max = 10 pkt max

b) egzamin (w formie stacjonarnej): 18 pytań testowych x 1 pkt = 18 pkt max

Do uzyskania jest maksymalnie 48 pkt. (30 pkt. z pracy na platformie i 18 pkt z egzaminu). A zatem student może być zwolniony z egzaminu w przypadku uzyskania (prawie) maksymalnej liczby punktów z pracy na platformie (25-29 pkt.). Otrzyma wtedy ocenę 3.

Alternatywne sposoby zaliczenia przedmiotu dla studentów, którzy w usprawiedliwiony sposób nie mogli uczestniczyć w zajęciach: przygotowanie krytycznej analizy wypowiedzi innych studentów na forum, w oparciu o materiały zamieszczone w danym module (dla każdego z opuszczonych modułów).

Types of regional trade agreements (RTAs). Principles of their formation. Main provisions for trade in goods and services as well as investment. Trends and reasons for the development of RTAs. Effects on parties to RTAs' and on external partners. Comparative analysis of RTAs (EU vs. European Economic Area, integration agreements in North and South America, in Africa and Eurasia, ASEAN). RTAs: a barrier or a factor of closer cooperation? Mechanisms of functioning of the EU as the main trading bloc (movement of goods, services, workers, capital, relations with third countries).

The first objective of the course is to explain the reasons of increasing importance of regional integration (trade) agreements, mechanisms of their mechanisms of operations and, effects on member states and on the third countries. The second objective is to discuss the essence, intensity of relations, effects and prospects of development of economic relations in the European Union as the biggest and major world trading block. Achieving these objectives will serve to summarise the course and discuss whether regional trade agreements are an incentive or a barrier to worldwide cooperation.

Literatura podstawowa:

1. World Trade Report 2020. The WTO and preferential trade agreements: WTO Geneva 2020.

2. B.M. Hoekman, M.M. Kostecki. The Political Economy of the World Trading System: The WTO and Beyond. Oxrofd University Press, October 2009.

3. OECD publications on regional trade agreements at: http://www.oecd.org/tad/benefitlib/regionaltradeagreements.htm#publications

Literatura uzupełniająca:

1. R. Acharya, Regional Trade Agreements and the Multilateral Trading System, Cambridge University Press, 2016.

2. E. Kawecka-Wyrzykowska, Importance of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTA?s) for the EU and its Partners: The Case of the DCFTA with Georgia, in: The European Union and the Challenges of the New Global Context, ed. I. Tache, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

3. S. Yamaguchi, S., Greening regional trade agreements on investment, OECD Trade and Environment Working Papers, No. 2020/03, OECD Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1787/4452a09d-en

4. Dedicated WTO website: https://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicMaintainRTAHome.aspx

Evaluation criteria

Traditional Written Exam (18 pytań testowych obejmujących problematykę kursu (10 modułów)): 40.00%

Other (zadania i udział w dyskusji w trakcie semestru (zgodnie z harmonogramem)): 60.00%

Detailed passing conditions:

Na ocenę końcową składają się punkty zdobyte za:

a) pracę w ciągu całego semestru na platformie e-sgh, w tym:

- 10 wypowiedzi na forum x 2 pkt max = 20 pkt max

- rozwiązanie 5 zadań x 2 pkt max = 10 pkt max

b) egzamin (w formie stacjonarnej): 18 pytań testowych x 1 pkt = 18 pkt max

Do uzyskania jest maksymalnie 48 pkt. (30 pkt. z pracy na platformie i 18 pkt z egzaminu). A zatem student może być zwolniony z egzaminu w przypadku uzyskania (prawie) maksymalnej liczby punktów z pracy na platformie (25-29 pkt.). Otrzyma wtedy ocenę 3.

Alternatywne sposoby zaliczenia przedmiotu dla studentów, którzy w usprawiedliwiony sposób nie mogli uczestniczyć w zajęciach: przygotowanie krytycznej analizy wypowiedzi innych studentów na forum, w oparciu o materiały zamieszczone w danym module (dla każdego z opuszczonych modułów).

Types of regional trading agreements (RTAs). Trends and reasons of development. Effects on members and on external partners. Comparative analysis of RTAs (EU, NAFTA, ASEAN). RTAs: a barrier or a factor of closer cooperation? Mechanisms of functioning of the EU as the main trading bloc (movement of goods, services, workers, capital, relations with third countries).

The first objective of the course is to explain the reasons of increasing importance of regional integration (trade) agreements, mechanisms of their mechanisms of operations and, effects on member states and on the third countries. The second objective is to discuss the essence, intensity of relations, effects and prospects of development of economic relations in the European Union as the biggest and major world trading block. Achieving these objectives will serve to summarise the course and discuss whether regional trade agreements are an incentive or a barrier to worldwide cooperation.

Literatura podstawowa:

1. World Trade Report 2020. The WTO and preferential trade agreements: WTO Geneva 2020.

2. OECD publications on regional trade agreements at: http://www.oecd.org/tad/benefitlib/regionaltradeagreements.htm#publications

Literatura uzupełniająca:

1. R. Acharya, Regional Trade Agreements and the Multilateral Trading System, Cambridge University Press, 2016.

2. B. Hoekman, M. Kostecki, The Political Economy of the World Trading System. The WTO and Beyond, Oxford 2009.

3. E. Kawecka-Wyrzykowska, Importance of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTA?s) for the EU and its Partners: The Case of the DCFTA with Georgia, in: The European Union and the Challenges of the New Global Context, ed. I. Tache, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

4. S. Yamaguchi, S., Greening regional trade agreements on investment, OECD Trade and Environment Working Papers, No. 2020/03, OECD Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1787/4452a09d-en

Types of regional trading agreements (RTAs). Trends and reasons of development. Effects on members and on external partners. Comparative analysis of RTAs (EU, NAFTA, ASEAN). RTAs: a barrier or a factor of closer cooperation? Mechanisms of functioning of the EU as the main trading bloc (movement of goods, services, workers, capital, relations with third countries).

The first objective of the course is to explain the reasons of increasing importance of regional integration (trade) agreements, mechanisms of their mechanisms of operations and, effects on member states and on the third countries. The second objective is to discuss the essence, intensity of relations, effects and prospects of development of economic relations in the European Union as the biggest and major world trading block. Achieving these objectives will serve to summarise the course and discuss whether regional trade agreements are an incentive or a barrier to worldwide cooperation.

Literatura podstawowa:

1. World Trade Report 2020. The WTO and preferential trade agreements: WTO Geneva 2020.

2. OECD publications on regional trade agreements at: http://www.oecd.org/tad/benefitlib/regionaltradeagreements.htm#publications

Literatura uzupełniająca:

1. R. Acharya, Regional Trade Agreements and the Multilateral Trading System, Cambridge University Press, 2016.

2. B. Hoekman, M. Kostecki, The Political Economy of the World Trading System. The WTO and Beyond, Oxford 2009.

3. E. Kawecka-Wyrzykowska, Importance of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTA?s) for the EU and its Partners: The Case of the DCFTA with Georgia, in: The European Union and the Challenges of the New Global Context, ed. I. Tache, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

4. S. Yamaguchi, S., Greening regional trade agreements on investment, OECD Trade and Environment Working Papers, No. 2020/03, OECD Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1787/4452a09d-en