Trade Theory and Foreign TradeSeminar 15.10.2012

Trade Theory and Foreign Trade

• Lecturer: – Doc. Ing. Mansoor Maitah, Ph.D. et Ph.D.

• Assistant: – Mgr. Elena Kuzmenko, Ph.D.

Contact details:kuzmenko@pef.czu.cz

Organization of the seminar

Date Theme

1.10.2012 Introduction

15.10.2012 Presentation

29.10.2012 Presentation

12.11.2012 Presentation

26.11.2012 Presentation

Organization scheme of the Seminars

• Main activities within the seminars

(by priority in time): 1] presenting individual projects (80 %)

2] group discussions concerning the presentations (15 %)

3] theoretical questions + essays (sent via e-mail), possible discussion of these questions (5 %)

Seminar project - presentation

• To pass the exam, it is necessary to gain the credit (zápočet – permission to pass exam)

• Everybody will have to prepare his/her paper presentation for about 10 minutes.

• During your presentation you have to introduce the project’s aim, structure, methodology, the results of your analysis and conclusion.

• The next step will be the brief discussion about your paper.

The list of topics

1] World trade value and volume development,

2] World trade territorial structure development,

3] World trade commodity structure development,

4] World merchandise trade development,

5] World trade in services development,

6] World trade in agrarian and foodstuff products development,

7] World trade in fuels development,

8] World trade in raw materials development,

9] World trade in manufactures development,

10] The main agents/factors influencing world trade development,

11] The mutual relationship between world trade and GDP development

12] The impact of current world economy crisis on world trade value development,

13] EU internal trade value and volume development,

14] EU internal trade commodity structure development,

The list of topics

15] EU internal trade territorial structure development, 16] EU external trade value and volume development, 17] EU external trade territorial structure development, 18] EU external trade commodity structure development, 19] EU merchandise trade development, 20] EU trade in services development, 21] EU trade in agrarian and foodstuff products development, 22] EU trade in fuels development, 23] EU trade in raw materials development, 24] EU trade in manufactures development, 25] USA – the analysis of foreign trade territorial structure development, 26] USA – the analysis of foreign trade commodity structure development, 27] USA – the analysis of foreign trade and GDP value development, 28] Japan – the analysis of foreign trade territorial structure development,

The list of topics

29] Japan – the analysis of foreign trade commodity structure development, 30] Japan – the analysis of foreign trade and GDP value development, 31] China – the analysis of foreign trade territorial structure development, 32] China – the analysis of foreign trade commodity structure development, 33] China – the analysis of foreign trade and GDP value development, 34] India – the analysis of foreign trade territorial structure development, 35] India – the analysis of foreign trade commodity structure development, 36] India – the analysis of foreign trade and GDP value development, 37] Russia – the analysis of foreign trade territorial structure development, 38] Russia – the analysis of foreign trade commodity structure development, 39] Russia – the analysis of foreign trade and GDP value development, 40] Brazil – the analysis of foreign trade territorial structure development, 41] Brazil – the analysis of foreign trade commodity structure development, 42] Brazil – the analysis of foreign trade and GDP value development,

Seminar project - essay

• You have to choose one of the following topics.

• You will be working individually.

• Your project will be between 5-7 pages (font size 12, line spacing 1.5 , times new roman)

• Deadline for your essays will be on Monday (17th of December 2012)

The structure of your paper

• Introduction,

• Aims/Goals,

• Methodology,

• Analysis,

• Results and discussion,

• Conclusion,

• Literature

Your task - now

• To choose one of the above mentioned topics

• To choose the date of your presentation

Evaluation for the Exam

• Exam consists of three parts: 1] oral exam (50 %) (theory)

2] seminar project (in form of scientific paper, paper discussion) (30 %)

3] presentation of your paper (20 %)

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION