Trade aspects of international integration agreements
Course: International Economic Relations (with compulsory study of two foreign languages)
Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Title
Trade aspects of international integration agreements
Code
ВК 2.5
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
7 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
To know: basic theories of economic integration in the context of the formation of trade flows;
forms and types of international economic competition, their features in the framework of regional integration processes;
criteria and indicators of regional integration and trends (integration and disintegration);
the economic benefits and losses of involvement in regional integration;
the rationship between regional integration and economic development;
political and economic goals of regional integration;
key performance indicators of key regional integration associations;
To be able: toanalyze the competitive advantages of regional trade agreements and megaregional preferential agreements;
to analyze the structure of regional and preferential trade agreements;
to analyze trade flows within regional trade organizations.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The discipline "Trade Aspects of International Integration Agreements" is based on and works closely with the cycle of disciplines of theoretical, professional and practical training, in particular: "World Economy", "IEA Theory", "Economics of European Integration", "Fundamentals of International Macroeconomics", economic relations ". A student must have general knowledge: knowledge of the basics of microeconomics, macroeconomics and international economic relations, be able to assess, analyze and summarize the main indicators of the functioning of regional trade agreements. In addition, a student must have the necessary qualifications to conduct a comparative statistical analysis of processes and phenomena occurring in individual countries and regions in the context of integration processes.
Course content
Content module 1
Trade aspects of regional integration
Content module 2
Trade aspects of international integration processes
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Русак Д. М. Інституції міжнародної економічної політики: навчальний посібник. К.: ІМВ, 2013. 221 с.
Русак Д. М. Міжнародні корпоративні мережі в сучасному геоекономічному просторі: монографія. Київ: АДЕФ-Україна, 2018. 410 с.
Матюшенко І. Ю., Беренда С. В., Рєзніков В. В. Євроінтеграція України в системі міжнародної економічної інтеграції : навчальний посібник. Х.: ХНУ імені В. Н. Каразіна, 2015. 504 с.
Чугаєв О. А. Європейське бізнес-середовище : Навч. посібник. К.: Видавничо-поліграфічний центр «Київський університет», 2020. 183 с.
Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements Commentary and Analysis (2016). URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107501461
Gantz D. Regional Trade Agreements: Law, Policy and Practice. Durham, Carolina Academic Press, 2019. 534 p.
Gerber J. International Economics – 7th edition. Harlow, 2018. 512 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, tasks of independent work, solving practical cases, group case-study
Assessment methods and criteria
Work at the seminar - 21
Writing individual analytical papers - 22
Essay writing - 10
Intermediate credit module - 7
Final test work with a report on analysis of regional preferential trade agreements - 40
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Departments
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