Theory of protectionism and trade policy of the European Union

The thesis deals with the issue of protectionism, i.e. governmental policies for restricting international trade, from both theoretical and practical point of view. The first part is concerned with theory of protectionism in the framework of perfect competition in world markets. The emphasis is placed on the tariff on imports as the basic instrument of protectionist international trade policy. The second part is focused practically and deals with protectionist instruments within trade policy of the European Union. The Common Agricultural Policy of European Union is analyzed more properly. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org