The thesis "External economic activity of the Republic of Belarus" is focused on the analysis of the most important areas for evaluation of external economic activity and the sustainability of economic equilibrium of Belarus. These areas are external trade policy of the state, its foreign trade, investments and balance of payments. Special attention was paid to studying the development of the international trade of the republic from the end of 80. years up to the present time. On the basis of the conducted research the external stability of the republic was considered.

L’objectif de cette thèse est d’expliquer la faiblesse de la mobilité du travail dans l’Union européenne. Pour ce faire, nous étudions empiriquement la relation entre la mobilité du travail et ses déterminants : les salaires, le PIB, les taux de chômage, la distance et le commerce international. La complémentarité constatée entre la mobilité du travail et le commerce international ne permet pas d’expliquer cette faiblesse, pas plus que la distance ou les salaires. L’économie géographique nous fournit un élément d’explication à travers les potentiels de marché. La non-attirance des migrants par les potentiels de marché constitue un élément d’explication à la faiblesse de la mobilité du travail dans l’Union européenne. / This PhD thesis aims to explain the weakness of labour mobility in the European Union. In order to do so, we carried out an empirical study which focuses on the relationship between labour mobility and its determinants: salaries, GDP, unemployment rates, distance and international trade. Neither the complementarity observed between labour mobility and trade nor the other variables allow us to explain this weakness. Economic geography offers some explanations by studying the role of market potentials. We show that migrants do not follow market potentials, which provides an explanation to labour mobility weakness in the European Union.

This thesis presents an analysis of trends in world and foreign trade of Kazakhstan. It contains the main indicators characterizing the degree of product and geographic diversification of Kazakhstan's exports and imports. The thesis analyses the features, character and prospects of expansion of foreign economic relations of Kazakhstan, issues of strategic partnership, and trends shaping the model of the regional economy within the boundaries of the Eurasian Economic Space.

The subject of this thesis is a comprehensive analysis of changes in commodity trade of France and Benelux countries behind the ongoing global economic crisis. The first part refers to theoretical perspectives on international trade and the economic crisis, focusing in particular on the latest opinions the most significant for the countries surveyed. Other parts are comparing these countries in terms of trade balance and commodity and territorial structures. In conclusion, it summarizes the changes in development caused by current economic recession.

The thesis analyses the international trade of South Korean republic between years 2009 and 2014. The main aim is to analyze free trade agreements which Korea adopted lately. Specifically free trade agreements with European Union and United States of America. Diploma thesis is evaluating their influence on economic development of participating countries. Both free trade agreements are similar to each other in their scope and how ambitious they are. The time difference between these agreements is only one year. The introductory part is dedicated to Korean economic miracle. In other words this part is about key drivers of Korean economic development since beginning of 1960 until today. Next part after examines the development of economic relations between European Union and Korea. Korea became one of the most important trading partners for EU in contrary the great distance between countries. Applicative part analyses the influence of free trade agreements on international trade between countries and macroeconomic situation. For this purpose I processed basic macroeconomic data and detailed data about international trade. I try to evaluate positive and negative consequences of free trade agreements on involved economies. Major part is dedicated to FTA between EU and South Korea. Analyze consist of statistical data from different sources and couple position papers of official European institutions. Thesis examines the influence on major macroeconomic indicators, specific sections of international trade and the influence on trade with cars and car related parts in detail. The same procedure is applied for the analyses of KORUS free trade agreement. Similar data are used in order to maintain the consistency and comparability. Summary of observed conclusions is available at the end of each part.

In the early 20th century, coal was replaced with petroleum, which turned into new source of world energy, and suddenly became a strategic resource with considerable influence at the international level. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is the major oil and gas actor in the world and its decisions about raw materials have a worldwide influence. It is the fifth-largest exporter and eighth oil producer in the world. Venezuela owns the largest hydrocarbon reserves in the Western Hemisphere, specifically 172 trillion barrels of oil and 5.1 trillion meters cubic of natural gas. Hugo Chavez's government has used the situation and the issue of depletion of world oil reserves and through ownership of high oil reserves established diplomatic relations with a wide range of countries. Among those who were not in alliances should be mentioned countries such as China and Cuba or members of OPEC. He also used the oil to support the integration of Latin American and Caribbean States and created the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America. The structure of the thesis is designed to provide analysis of the foreign policy of Venezuela, and point to the importance of oil in international trade.

The aim of the thesis is to explore the potential of Slovak exports of traditional products in selected foreign markets and identify suitable target group of customers for Slovak traditional products. The work is divided into three parts. The first chapter provides the theoretical basis of exports to foreign markets. The second chapter deals with traditional products in the world and Slovakia. In the third chapter we examine the potential of traditional cheese products from Slovakia in selected foreign markets and essential basis for the development of the theme is questionnaire survey focused on perceptions of respondents toward traditional products in a particular country.

The aim of the thesis is the evaluation of the opportunity of a small Czech brewery to enter the market in the United Kingdom. To analyze the environment and the situation in the United Kingdom is used 4C method, which is aimed to explore the UK market in terms of national characteristics, customers, competitors and costs. After that on the basis of this analysis to evaluate, or recommend a brewery expansion into the UK market.

This work is engaged with dependence of the Czech economy on the development of the German economy. At first, it describes the theoretical basis for the balance of payments, its elements and factors affecting the balance of payments. The practical part consists of a comparative analysis of Czech and German balance of payments, which is followed by a regression analysis, which purpose is to determine the dependence of the Czech economy to German one. The work also deals with the dependence of individual sectors of these economies to each other and outlines the resultant benefits and risks.

The main aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze the position of the Federal Republic of Germany in the international trade. The analysis is composed with the intention to reveal strengths, which are responsible for the extremely important status of the country. Moreover, I try to uncover weaknesses that could pose a potential threat. The diploma thesis is divided into four main chapters. The first chapter describes Germany from economic point of view. The second chapter is devoted to foreign direct investment. The third chapter examines the status of the country in international trade.The very last chapter is devoted to the comparison of business relationship of Germany with the Czech Republic and Slovak.