The roots of modern protectionism in Belarus and Ukraine: analyzing models of economic development ; Карані сучаснага пратэкцыянізму ў Беларусі і ва Украіне: Аналіз мадэляў эканамічнага развіцця ; Šiuolaikinio protekcionizmo šaknys Baltarusijoje ir Ukrainoje: ekonominio vystymosi modelių analizė

The object of this Bachelor thesis – Protectionist measures. Aim of this research is to see if the models for economic development in Belarus and Ukraine are able to explain the resort to protectionism in these countries. The main goal is to find out the historical, legal and economic foundation for protectionism in Belarus and Ukraine through analyzing their models of economic development. The main tasks are to review historical context of economic development of Belarus and Ukraine since 1991; to analyze models of economic development in Belarus and Ukraine with special attention to foreign economic activity; analyze applied protectionist measures in these countries; to compare By using various methods of historical review, comparative analysis of legal documents, quantitative and qualitative analysis of tariff and non-tariff measures led to a conclusion that models of economic development can explain the resort to protectionism, although not in the full extent. Thus, Belarusian economic model, socially-oriented market economy, is based on a strong state regulation of market relations with a big share of state enterprises applies mostly protectionist measures like subsidies and tariff measures to protect its largest manufacturing companies. Ukraine, in contrast, applying different economic models over time (market economy, socially-oriented market economy, innovative way of development), uses much less protectionist measures than Belarus. In addition, the most frequently used protectionist measures are anti-dumping measures that are allowed by the WTO.