Albania's foreign trade over the years and relations with Kosovo

Scientific Study from the year 2019 in the subject Economics - Finance, grade: 10, , language: English, abstract: The purpose of this study is to give a clear picture of the development of Albania's foreign trade in a long time from the 16th century to the present day. It will also address the features of each period and the most important trade agreements. Given the favorable geographic position Albania has had trade relations with a large number of states but these relations have greatly influenced the policies pursued by our country over the years. Albania's foreign trade liberalization was not an immediate process and act. This process initially started with breaking the state monopoly on foreign trade, which was initiated by the privatization and overall liberalization of the economy, initially from the legal point of view to that of the laws adopted by the democratic parliament, and then gradually being implemented by the side of executive power. The causes that make international trade cooperation necessary are related to: uneven distribution of production factors, changes in taste and consumption, economies of scale, absolute and realistic output advantages, climate factors, economic and geographical proximity, international transfer technology, international labor migration, and so on. States that transformed their power from communism to democracy faced such economic problems that are solved during the economic transition period. One of them is Albania, which still seems to have been hostage to the transition process. Another important point of this topic will be the relations between Albania and Kosovo. How did they walk? How would a customs union affect the development between the two countries? Has the development of the nation's path awaited the development of trade relations? How is the level of exports and imports between them? These will be some of the points that will be answered in this study.

Dr. Arjeta Hallunovi is a finance lecturer in the Department of Finance - Accounting at University Aleksander Moisiu Durres in Albania. She holds a PhD in Economics Sciences, Finance - Bank Profile. Mrs. Hallunovi is author of three books, four monographs and has more than 30 published papers, the major part with Impact Factor and Thomson Reuters in United Kingdom, Germany, Singapor, USA, Canada, Montenegro, Italy etc. In March and April 2019 she was part of the Teaching Mobility in Andrei Saguna University, Costanta, Romania and Kodolanyi Janos University, Budapest, Hungary. In June 2018 she successfully completed the Summer School 'Advanced Measurement of Quality of Working Life' in France, in which also presented a scientific paper. In May 2018 was part of the Teaching Mobility in Danubius University, in Galati, Romania with the Erasmus students. In 27 - 30 September 2018 was part of the World Youth Forum Right to Dialogue. Ethics of Complexity. XI Edition in Trieste, Italy. In 23 November 2018, she was as a Jury member in the essay competition "Students Problems" organised from the Forum "Studentët për Qeverisjen e Mirë". During the period 20-21 November 2018, Dr. Hallunovi was invited in the Training Program " Participatory Policy Making", organised from the Partners Albania for Change and Development in cooperation with Partnersfor Democratic Change Slovakia with the support of Slovak Aid-Official Development Assistance of the Slovak Republic. Durres, Albania. In 03-04 December 2018, she have participated in the 3rd UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture, Istanbul, Turkey. In March 2019 was part of the Tools for Social Development-Volume III, Erasmus + Project, co-financed by the European Commission, Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia. Among other things, she is on the editorial board of The Educational Review-USA at the Hill Publishing Group, Journal of Finance and Accounting at the Science Publishing Group (USA), Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation at Hill Publishing Group (USA), Academic Journal of Accounting and Finance at the International Association of Scientists and Researchers, as well as scientific collaborator at the Institute for Scientific Research and Development in Montenegro and she is member of UdEcoM Balkan. Mrs. Hallunovi is Member of the HISTEK project, Interreg IPA-CBC, titled "Senior Technical Specialists in Key Learning Technologies (KETs)" where the Faculty of Business is a partner.