A comparison of national economic diplomacy systems of the leading European Union countries

Abstract

Abstract: The article provides a comparative analysis of the leading EU-countries’ (Germany, France, Great Britain and Italy) national economic diplomacy systems in line with the following criteria: role and functions of key economic diplomacy agents; competences of subnational regions as independent foreign economic actors; practice and mechanisms of ‘inward’ and ‘outward’ economic diplomacy (attraction of foreign investments and export promotion respectively); HR-policy as well as the role of country leaders in economic diplomacy measures. The author outlines the country-specifi c features of the aforementioned systems alongside treats common to all of them.

Keywords

• экономическая дипломатия
• внешнеэкономическая политика
• продвижение национального экспорта
• привлечение иностранных инвестиций
• экономика стран европейского союза