THE EUROPEAN UNION´S COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY TOWARDS USA AND CANADA

V diplomskem delu smo analizirali sodelovanje med Evropsko unijo (EU) in ZDA ter EU in Kanado, ki je v zadnjih petdesetih letih pridobivalo na pomenu. Predstavili smo gospodarstva EU, ZDA in Kanade ter politične in gospodarske odnose EU z obravnavanima državama. Osredotočili smo se na analizo Skupne zunanjetrgovinske politike EU do navedenih držav. Posebno pozornost smo namenili sporazumom. Proučili smo Čezatlantski sporazum o trgovini in investicijah (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – TTIP) med EU in ZDA, o katerem se trenutno pogajajo. Prav tako smo namenili pozornost Celovitemu gospodarskemu in trgovinskemu sporazumu (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ‒ CETA) med EU in Kanado, o katerem sta se že dogovorili, vendar ga je potrebno še ratificirati. Obravnavali smo tudi trgovinsko sodelovanje Slovenije z ZDA in Kanado ter obete za prihodnje sodelovanje v kontekstu napovedanega sprejetja TTIP in CETA. V zadnjem desetletju, ko je prišlo do svetovne gospodarske krize, se je oblikovalo spoznanje, da se je potrebno še tesneje povezati, saj prost pretok blaga, storitev in kapitala, lahko bistveno pripomorejo k gospodarski rasti in razvoju. Kljub velikim prizadevanjem za uskladitev tehničnih standardov je trgovanje med EU in navedenima državama iz leta v leto upadalo. Prednosti v obsegu in dinamiki trgovanja ter investiranja so začele pridobivati države v razvoju oz. t.i. hitro rastoča tržišča.In the thesis, we analysed the cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the USA and between the EU and Canada, which has gained its importance in the last 50 years. We introduced the economies of the EU, the USA and Canada and political and economic relationships of the EU with the discussed countries. We focused on the analysis of the EU’s Common Commercial Policy towards the stated countries. The special attention was given to the agreements. We studied the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the USA, which is currently being negotiated. We have also given the attention to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada, which has been already stated, however, it has to be ratified. Furthermore, Slovenia\u27s trade cooperation with USA and Canada, as well as the prospects for the further cooperation in the context of predicted acceptance of TTIP and CETA. In the last decade, when the global economic crisis has arisen, the finding about the necessary closer cooperation that can essentially aid the improvement of economic growth and development through free flow of goods, services and capital, has been formed. Despite ambitious endeavour to unify the technical standards, the trade between the EU and the stated countries decreased from year to year. The advantages in the extent and the dynamics of trade and investment have started to gain developing countries and the so-called high-growth markets, respectively