Lectures and presentations

Key topics

1. The historical role of trade in the EU integration process and the EU’s foreign policy evolution

2. EU integration through trade: the perspectives of International Relations and European Integration theories

3. Non-trade policy objectives in EU trade policy: theoretical aspects and recent developments. Commission’s 2015 “Trade for All” Communication

4. The EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA): substance and institutional arrangements for implementation

5. Successes, challenges and potentials pertaining to the DCFTA implementation

• General overview
• Trade in services
• Public procurement
• Digitalization
• Sustainable development

6. The EU-Ukraine DCFTA implementation. Implications for democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine

7. Future of the EU trade policy.