The list of questions for the exam for the course

“Technology of Foreign Agrarian Trade”

1. The essence of international trade.

2. Advantages of international trade.
3. Main tendencies of world trade.
4. Agriculture and its role in world trade.
5. Main stages of the EU formation.
6. Activities of the European Union.
7. EU institutions and their main functions.
8. The Eurozone and its advantages for the EU countries.
9. Common agricultural policy and its main purposes.
10. The essence of trade agreements. Main types of trade agreements in the EU.
11. Peculiarities of association agreements between the EU and third countries.
12. The essence of custom unions. Customs unions between the EU and third
countries.
13. Peculiarities of free trade agreements. Free trade agreements between EU
and third countries.
14. The essence of economic partnership agreements. Economic partnership
agreements between EU and third countries.
15. Reasons for companies to make trade internationally.
16. Peculiarities of the PESTLE analysis.
17. Indirect export modes.
18. Direct export modes. Cooperative export.
19. Contract manufacturing. Licensing.
20. Franchising. Joint ventures and strategic alliances.
21. Price strategies.
22. Commodity prices. Terms of trade.
23. Stock market and its specific features.
24. Commodity derivatives.
25. The role of distribution in foreign trade. Distribution elements.
26. Distribution strategies.
27. Distribution of agricultural and food products.
28. Producer organizations.
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29. Types of tariffs. TARIC.
30. Foreign trade policy and its main goals. Trade barriers.
31. Main indexes of foreign trade evaluation.
32. The essence and main purpose of Incoterms 2020.
33. Peculiarities of the use of Incoterms 2020 rules.
34. Decoding of Incoterms 2020 rules.