New Protectionist Tendencies and Inclination to Bilateralism and Regionalism in the Contemporary Foreign Trade Policy

In this research work, author focus on the analysis of the new protectionist tendencies and inclination
to bilateralism and regionalism in the contemporary foreign trade policy. Realistic point is important
trends in the trade regime. The decisions taken by the representatives of the governments
participating in the World Trade Organization (WTO) are, to a significant degree, influenced by various
lobbies, such as organizations and unions of food producers or other non-governmental
organizations, including trade unions.. The main objective of the research task is to give a
comprehensive analysis of the international trade policy. The particulary mains concern the political
economy models of foreign trade policy, protectionist pressures in different political system, the level
of protectionist pressures, food producer pressures, international trade liberalization and
environmental protection, bilateral tendencies in the foreign trade policy. It must be emphasis that on
a theoretical level, understanding the choice of trade policies between liberalism and protectionism is
very important. Despite the undeniable benefits of the multilateral WTO forum for trade liberalization,
the rapid increase of North-South bilateral and multilateral Free Trade Areas (FTAs) begs a
systematic explanation for why some forums are prioritized relative to others.