Research of bilateral agreements of EU on foreign trade in food. Part 2: Asia, North Africa, Oceania, EFTA, EAEU, Ukraine
This work continues the author’s research cycle on the analysis of the development of the food sector of the economy and foreign food trade of the EU countries, set forth in the “Study of EU bilateral agreements on foreign food trade. Part 1: Africa, the Caribbean, Pacific, North and South America” and other scientific publications of the author in 2019-2020. The aim of the work is to study bilateral EU agreements in the field of foreign food trade with countries of Asia, North Africa, Oceania, EFTA, EAEU, Ukraine. This study allows a more complete systematization of the experience of bilateral EU agreements. The research results can be further used to improve the economic strategy for the development of the food sector in Belarus and the EAEU, international economic relations with other countries and regions of the world, improve the foreign economic activity of Belarusian exporters, including increasing the volume and expanding the range of exports of agricultural raw materials and food to the EU market. The scientific novelty of the work consists in the analysis and systematization of existing bilateral EU agreements on trade in goods, identifying the prospects for concluding new agreements and their impact on the development of EU foreign trade in food. The introduction of the article explores changes in the dynamics of world food trade, the importance of the food sector for national economies, and the role of leading emerging markets in world food trade. In the main part, the bilateral EU agreements on foreign trade with the major economies of the world (China, India, Japan) and the most significant trading blocks (ASEAN, EFTA, EAEU, etc.) representing the regions of Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Europe are studied. In conclusion, the features and patterns of bilateral agreements in the field of foreign food trade and the prospects for their development are determined.