Areas of modern trade policy versus economic security

Abstract

The concept of economic security is not new. However, the awareness that the economic factor contributes to state security, or even constitutes its significant part, has been associated with the evolution of international relations throughout history. The following article identifies and describes the controversies and dilemmas arising from the economic security in conditions of the current growth of the world's economy. Viewing from the perspective of trade policy allows distinguishing three significant open subsets among them. These subsets exist in close mutual interdependence. The first is methodological - referring to the paradigm of security in contemporary international relations. The second arises from the changes generated by globalization and regionalization. Simultaneously, the third one is linked to the ongoing civilizational change in the world of technology, the organization of the economic activity and the applied tools of trade policy.