Theme №15. Eurasian Economic Union

1. Trade and economic cooperation in the CIS and in Central Asia.

2. Factors of creation of the Customs union. Purposes, tasks of creation of the Customs union: Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus.

3. Customs union: expenses and benefits for Kazakhstan. Problems and prospects of formation and development of the Customs union.

4. Purposes, tasks of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Questions for discussion:

- What are purposes of creation and basic principles of the Custom Union? What are the tasks and Custom Union structures?

- What are the benefits, problems and losses from the accession of Republic of Kazakhstan to the Custom Union?

- Do you know regional trading agreements?

- What is an essence of the main collected problems within the Custom Union?

- What is the advantage for Republic of Kazakhstan from a rule of conference of the Custom Union?

8. Plan of laboratory classes

9. Methodical recommendations for studing of discipline Theme №1. The essence and role of international trade in the world economy

Methodical recommendations: Preparation for performance of tasks should be began with studying of recommended literature. To study concepts international economy, world economy, international trade and international economic policy, world market, state regulation of countries economy, to familiarize with the program of industrial and innovative development of Republic of Kazakhstan till 2015 and others international economic programs. The main goal of a subject – to acquire concepts of open economy and economic safety, structure and a current trend of development of foreign trade. For studying of a training material it is necessary to use statistical data, normative legal acts and state programs of Republic of Kazakhstan and world.

You should be accompanying by explanation of the content of categories (the law, a subject, object) and obligatory fixing of a material a type of concrete examples.

Theme №2. Pricing in the world markets

Methodical recommendations: Preparation for performance of tasks should be begun with studying of recommended literature. To study essence of concept of the world prices, the factors influencing the world prices, classification of the prices in the world market. Call the main types of the prices in international trade: settlement and published. Study the procedure of world prices for primary goods and prices for processing industry products. Studying of a material should be accompanied by consideration of the books of international trade, as Alexey Kireev - “International economics”.

Theme №3. Commodity exchanges and auctions in international trade

Methodical recommendations: Preparation for performance of tasks should be began with studying of recommended literature. When studying this theme, to understand concept and essence of commodity exchange, features and mechanism of commodity exchange, exchange goods, organization of stock exchange trading, exchange’s operations and their role in world trade. Study the concept and essence of auctions, features and differences of trade through auctions, the mechanism of work of auctions, auction goods, organization of auction trade, methods of the biddings at auctions, stock exchange and auction trading by agricultural goods

The main goal of a subject is to distinguish forms and methods of exchange and auction in the foreign trade, to know the reasons of distribution of goods of countries trade, to study various types of trading.