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CEL NAUKOWY: Celem artykułu jest zbadanie przyczyn, efektywności i możliwości wyjścia z kryzysu systemu rozstrzygania sporów WTO (World Trade Organization), w tym Organu Apelacyjnego w warunkach słabnącej legitymizacji dla funkcjonowania i akceptacji procedur Światowej Organizacji Handlu. PROBLEM I METODY BADAWCZE: W artykule zastosowano metodę jakościową i ilościową do analizy kontrowersji związanych z funkcjonowaniem Organu Apelacyjnego WTO. Do analizy efektywności działania Organu Apelacyjnego w zakresie procedur rozstrzygania sporów między państwami w handlu międzynarodowym zastosowano teorię organizacji międzynarodowej oraz teorię wyboru publicznego. PROCES WYWODU: Na podstawie teorii organizacji międzynarodowej i teorii wyboru publicznego w artykule omówiono problematykę legitymizacji społecznej dla tworzenia i egzekwowania norm WTO, pozwalających na proces liberalizacji handlu międzynarodowego. Następnie przedstawiono efektywność systemu rozstrzygania sporów, w tym Organu Apelacyjnego, która umożliwiła działanie WTO w ograniczeniu działań protekcjonistycznych państw. WYNIKI ANALIZY NAUKOWEJ: Analiza naukowa potwierdziła efektywność systemu rozstrzygania sporów WTO odnośnie do liberalizacji handlu międzynarodowego. Słabnąca legitymizacja społeczna i normatywna systemu rozstrzygania sporów, w tym Organu Apelacyjnego WTO, w wyniku ograniczenia poparcia dla idei wolnego handlu w wielu państwach członkowskich WTO, w szczególności w Stanach Zjednoczonych, uniemożliwiła reformowanie reguł WTO. WNIOSKI, INNOWACJE I REKOMENDACJE: W dalszej analizie należy podjąć badania naukowe dotyczące zreformowania systemu rozstrzygania sporów w rozwiązaniach regionalnych bez udziału Stanów Zjednoczonych. Niezbędne jest również zbadanie wzrostu poziomu protekcjonizmu w handlu międzynarodowym w efekcie zablokowania działalności Organu Apelacyjnego.

The aim of the study is twofold. Firstly, it is believed to be the first study of its kind to explore the interconnectivity of the current stage of the EU’s Digital Single Market (DSM)3 (European Commission, 2015c) and its development prospects within the framework of the EU and its Member States’ SD approach. Secondly, it provides further evidence for the policy debate on the essential priorities of DSM deemed to be a stimulus to the future SD of the EU. It is an attempt to fill the existing gap in research conducted so far on SD and its correlation with the building process of the digital market in the EU. The task is to present by using the method of synthesis and deduction, the essence and milieu of the contemporary processes of building the DSM in the EU in the context of its potential influence for the SD of the EU and its Member States. Due to the interdisciplinary and complexity of the data analyses, mixed research methods were used to integrate quantitative and qualitative analyses and results.

The aim of this article is to present the essence of competition policy and its implementation in the European Union in the context of ongoing globalization of the world economy. The paper will present selected factors that stimulate the process of globalization, main objectives and tools supporting the functioning of the EU internal market, and the place of the European Commission as a body that enforces compliance with the rules of competition by companies and the Member States.

Since the 2004 enlargement the European Union has reiterated the need to deepen its relations with its eastern neighbours and work out a coherent European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) to maintain the relations with its eastern and southern neighbours. In March 2009 the European Council unanimously expressed its support for the ‘ambitious Eastern Partnership project which has become a part of its ENP and covered eastern neighbourhood countries. The aims and mechanisms of the Eastern Partnership are described in the joint declaration of the E.U. member states and the partner countries. The Partnership offers more to those who show greater progress in reforming their institutions to E.U.standards. According to the authors, the main benefit of this project is the progressive integration of the partner countries with the E.U. structures. The Eastern Partnership project was allocated a budget of 1.9 billion Euros for the 2010–2013 time period. That budget was approved by the European Commission and the money was committed through the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI). The sumincludes the funds for the programmes and initiatives of the Partnership of multilateral character as well as the funds for cooperation with particular partner countries that meet the main goals of the EP

The aim of this paper is to analyse recent actions undertaken in Poland with the purpose of liberalising the natural gas market. It seems that the drive towards a liberalised natural gas market has been dynamic in Poland in recent years, especially due to the strong EU pressure after the introduction of the third energy package.

The aim of the study is to present the premises that make it difficult to reach a multilateral agreement on electronic commerce in the World Trade Organization. Electronic commerce at the end of the second decade of the 21st century is an inseparable element of international trade, as a result of the digital revolution leading to lower costs when companies enter the global market. They often take into account the digital revolution of the state when creating new business models, especially in China, which has obtained the world's leading position in the field of digital services export. Increasing competition in the field of digital services, in the absence of regulations on electronic commerce in the WTO, will increase the interest of developed countries, including Australia, the United States, the European Union, Japan, African countries to solve the subject of e-commerce in regional integration agreements. The problems with reaching an agreement on electronic commerce in the WTO result not only from the specificity of trade in electronic form but from the general strategy of trade liberalization in other sectors. Classification-JEL: Keywords: International trade; electronic trade; e-commerce; World Trade Organization; digital economy, International Journal of Economic Behavior, Vol 8, No 1 (2018): International Journal of Economic Behavior