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Economic Integration of European Union and Latin America
ČABRÁDEK, Ondřej
My diploma thesis is focused on economic integration between European Union and Southern Common Market, Mercosur. The aim of my thesis is to analyze current relationship between those two parties, compare their treaties and discuss the pros and cons of Association Agreement between EU and Mercosur. The work is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part, there are defined basic terms, such as integration, common market, free trade area, custom union and so on. Treaties that led to the establishing of EU and Mercosur are described as well. In practical part there is analysis of current relationship between EU and Mercosur. Furthermore, there is comparison of treaties of both parties, their similarities and differences. Lastly, SWOT analysis of Association Agreement was conducted and discussed.
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Comparative analysis of political and economic organizations MERCOSUR and Pacific Alliance
Mocák, Filip ; Krausz Hladká, Malvína (advisor) ; Svitková, Katarína (referee)
The purpose of this work is to examine two political and economic blocs of South America; MERCOSUR and Pacific Alliance. Concretely, it focuses on the way of founding above mentioned organizations as well as it stresses economic power of both coalitions and their potential for the future. Region is analysed by realism perspective. While MERCOSUR was understood as a product of bandwagoning executed by Brazil's neighbours, the research about Pacific Alliance was based on balance of power behaviour. I used two research strategies: (1) a descriptive method applying bandwagoning and balance of power concepts on process of creation of both respective organization and (2) comparative analysis to compare coalitions and bring insight on current success of Pacific Alliance and potential outlook in the future. Since the relevant continent is considered as zone of peace, the realistic view on power was enriched by economic aspect. Hence, a driving force in regional affairs is economic, rather than military power. In case of Pacific Alliance, The focus was on two founding members, Chile and Colombia, since both are considered as secondary powers on the South American continent. The main sources to conduct this research were published economic reports and academic articles, analyses and journals. Even though...
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MERCOSUR & Alianza del Pacífico - challanges and potential of integration in Latin America
Navrátil, Jan ; Peterková, Jana (advisor) ; Trávníčková, Zuzana (referee)
Latin America, at the moment, is not the main focus point of international politics. However, its situation makes it a potentially economically and politically interesting region, because it lies in the proximity of USA, has ties to East Asia and is historically and culturally linked to Europe. In order to make their mark in the world system, Latin American nations integrate into various blocs. The most prominent blocs right now are longstanding MERCOSUR and new dynamic Alianza del Pacífico. The main aim of this thesis is to evaluate strengths and weaknesses and identify potential threats and opportunities of/for MERCOSUR and AP in the context of Latin-American integration.
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Celní odbory a jejich dopad na obchod
Chudobova, Claire ; Štěrbová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Halík, Jaroslav (referee)
This paper concentrates on customs unions and their impact on trade. We have chosen two trading blocs that we believe are interesting cases: MERCOSUR and EU. Throughout the thesis, we will look more closely into how those customs unions were created and on what objectives were they based upon. Furthermore, to understand more precisely the complexity of those trading blocs, we will talk about their historical development and economical situation. As well as their attitudes towards international trade. For the latter, we will look into each trading blocs trade policies, institutions and presence in international trade. In order to understand better the differencies in trading blocs, a comaprison of those two will be later on discussed together with their impacts.
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Trade Relations Between MERCOSUR and the European Union
Mizerová, Michala ; Hinčica, Vít (advisor) ; Bolotov, Ilya (referee)
This bachelor's thesis describes and analyses the evolution of trade relations between MERCOSUR and the European Union and its major objective is to present not only the historical background of their bilateral relations but also a complete overview of the ongoing negotiations focusing on the most recent status of the Association agreement. The thesis first deals with the comparison of both parts based on several indicators before moving to the analysis of trade flows between both blocks. The third part then focuses on their bilateral relations and negotiations of the Association agreement. The last part concludes with stating the major obstacle preventing reaching the agreement and presents several world affairs that could have a great influence on the negotiations.
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The United States of America as a Cause of Latin American Integration Process
Váňa, Radek ; Krausz Hladká, Malvína (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
The thesis deals with the causes of emergence of the most important Latin American integration groups in a period since the end of the World War II till the present days. The set of groups consists of ALADI, CAN, SELA, OTCA, MERCOSUR, ACS-AEC, ALBA, UNASUR, CELAC, and the Pacific Alliance. The main goal of the thesis is to discover how did the power predominance of the United States contribute to the emergence of Latin American integration groups. The tested hypothesis is based on the concept of soft balancing, and assumes that the primary cause of emergence of Latin American integration groups was the fear of the power predominance of the United States. The causes of emergence are always examined from the perspective of the historical context and the founding treaty. If needed, other relevant documents are examined as well. Moreover, the thesis deals with the direct predecessors of the selected groups, too. Pursuant to 4 basic criteria, the selected integration groups were divided into 3 categories according to their relevance to represent the region of Latin America as a whole. Thanks to that, the qualitative evaluation of the causes of emergence of the groups could have been done. Apart from an overview of development of the Latin American integration process, the thesis also provides an answer...
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New regionalism in practice : a strategic partnership between European Union and Mercosur.
Fanturová, Anna ; Kučerová, Irah (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Martin (referee)
This thesis deals with the interregional relations between the European Union and Mercosur. It is approached as a single case study where the examined case is defined as "the strategic partnership between the European Union and Mercosur in the context of new regionalism". The thesis consists of three main chapters. The first chapter explains the phenomenon of new regionalism and interregionalism and deals with two theoretical approaches to regional integration - neofunctionalist and intergovernmental. The subject of the second chapter is the development of regional integration within Mercosur and the analysis of the relations between the EU and Mercosur from the early 1990's till present. The current negotiations between the two regions are aimed at the conclusion of the Association Agreement creating free trade area and consisting of three pillars: political dialogue, cooperation and trade. The negotiations were officially launched in 1999, later suspended in 2004 and re-launched at Madrid Summit in 2010. The thesis seeks to find out how the EU and Mercosur are motivated to sign the agreement and what are the main obstacles blocking the successful conclusion of the negotiation process. To this end, the third chapter analyzes the three pillars of the Association agreement under negotiation paying...
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Processes of Integration in Latin America after the Second World War
Urban, Radek ; Opatrný, Josef (advisor) ; Křížová, Markéta (referee)
The origins of Latin American regional integration can be found in the first half of nineteenth century, nevertheless the biggest boom of integration in Latin America have been observed during the last sixty years. Just after the World War II the Organization of American States was established followed by Latin American Free Trade Association, and many others. This thesis analyses the progress and its problems of six major processes of regional integration: OAS; LAFTA/LAIA; Andean Community; processes of integration in Central America and Caribbean; and MERCOSUR. The Thesis is complemented by brief introduction to theories of integration and by a summary of remaining processes of integration since WWII to the present.
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The European Union and MERCOSUR
Ustsiuhava, Hanna ; Müller, David (advisor)
This bachelor thesis describes and analyses trade relations between two integration blocs: the European Union and MERCOSUR. The aim of the thesis is to provide a complete overview of the recent trade flows between the EU and MERCOSUR member states and to describe an ongoing negotiations on the Association agreement. The thesis is divided into three parts. In the first section attention is paid to the general characteristics of the two trade blocs. Follows the analysis of the trade flows between the EU and MERCOSUR. The third chapter of the thesis is focused on the historical background of the bilateral relations between the EU and MERCOSUR. The second part of this chapter describes ongoing bilateral trade negotiations on the Association agreement, paying attention to the potential benefits of this agreement and the main obstacles to reaching it.
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Position of Brazil in the international economic relations: Regionalism or unilateralism
Procházková, Radka ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Jedlinský, Jakub (referee)
This thesis is examining the role of Brazilian economy in the regional bloc MERCOSUR and in the group of BRICS countries. The first chapter describes the position of Brazil in the world market and evaluates merchandise territorial and commodity structure including trade in services and foreign direct investment. The second chapter explains the currrent influence of the country on the Southern Common Market. The thirth part analyzes the specific place of Brazil between the BRICS association. Finally, the thesis evaluates which partnership represents the stronger way how to reach economical and political goals in the world economy.
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