Party poli cs︎ and commercial diplomacy: The case of the Czech Republic
Štěpánka Zemanová, University of Economics, Prague Research project • Czech foreign policy ac vism: opportuni es and constraints (2013-2015) • Supported by: Czech Science Founda on
• Does the Czech republic behave as an ac ve small state in key agendas of its foreign policy? • Reasons why…?
2 Theore cal background • Behavioural pa erns: – Ac vism / no ac vity / re-ac vism – Offensive / neutral /co-opera ve
• Support to external economic rela ons – Limited ac vity at the level of economic diplomacy – Fluctua ons in commercial diplomacy depending on government (openness of the Czech economy > 80%)
3 Need of commercial diplomacy • Czech Republic – open economy (export/GDP > 80%) – dependent on internal markets (no border with non-members) – unfavorable posi on in global value chains – export and investment ac vity concentrated in big firms, li le ac vity of CMSEs
4 Theore cal background – commercial diplomacy Liberalism Interven onism
Free market Free market failures
Support to entrepreneurs disturbing compe on Support to entrepreneurs necessary
Basic service to entrepreneurs (informa on, the same level of service for all) Broad service to entrepreneurs
5 Research design • Approaches of main poli cal par es in their internal document – Civic Party (ODS) – Social-democrats (ČSSD) • Governmental programmes and governmental ac vity
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Commercial diplomacy 1992 1996 1998 2002 2006 2010 2013 KSČM ČSSD ČSSD ČSSD KSČM KSČM KSČM Not mentioned ODS ODA KSČM KSČM Strana Úsvit ODS ODS zelených
Liberal model ODA ODS Koalice ODS ODS ANO (KDU-ČSL, TOP 09 ODS US- DEU) VV KDU-ČSL TOP09 ČSSD ČSSD ČSSD! ČSSD State support to entrepreneurs in elec on programs Interventionist model KDU-ČSL KDU-ČSL
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Support to external 1992 1996 1998 2002 2006 2010 2013 economic relations Not mentioned KSČM ODS ODS ODS KDU-ČSL KDU-ČSL KDU-ČSL ODA Koalice SZ ODS Úsvit (KDU-ČSL, US – DEU) KSČM Necessary (but no ODS ODS TOP 09 ANO model) ODA ODS
ČSSD ČSSD KSČM ČSSD ČSSD ČSSD ČSSD Interventionism KSČM ČSSD KSČM KSČM KSČM VV TOP09 !
7 Commercial diplomacy in elec on programs (foreign policy)
Commercial diplomacy 1992 1996 1998 2002 2006 2010 2013 KSČM ČSSD ČSSD ČSSD KSČM KSČM KSČM Not mentioned ODS ODA KSČM KSČM Strana Úsvit ODS ODS zelených
Liberal model ODA ODS Koalice ODS ODS ANO (KDU-ČSL, TOP 09 ODS US- DEU) VV KDU-ČSL TOP09 ČSSD ČSSD ČSSD! ČSSD Interventionist model KDU-ČSL KDU-ČSL
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Support to external 1992 1996 1998 2002 2006 2010 2013 economic relations Not mentioned KSČM ODS ODS ODS KDU-ČSL KDU-ČSL KDU-ČSL ODA Koalice SZ ODS Úsvit (KDU-ČSL, US – DEU) KSČM Necessary (but no ODS ODS TOP 09 ANO model) ODA ODS
ČSSD ČSSD KSČM ČSSD ČSSD ČSSD ČSSD Interventionism KSČM ČSSD KSČM KSČM KSČM VV TOP09 ! Key findings • Support of expor ng firms and investment strongly dependent on the composi on of the government (key poli cal part forming the government) • Impact on – Extent of service provided to entrepreneurs (liberalism/ interven onism) – Ins tu onal background of services (economic/foreign policy - – Ministry of industries and trade / Ministry of foreign affairs)
9 Key findings • Differences in approaches between key governmental par es limit the quality of the service to entrepreneurs • Limited contribu on to solve problems of the Czech economy – dependence on internal market, middle level in the global value chains
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