 Business in Belgium, Brussels
Syllabus of the Subject - Foreign Trade and Business in Belgium. Brussels
- Introduction to the Kingdom of Belgium (European Union)
- Economy of Belgium
- Doing Business in Brussels: The political capital of the European Union
- Belgian Foreign Trade (Import, Export)
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Belgium
- Access to the Belgian Market
- Business Plan for Belgium
The objectives of the Subject “Doing Business in Belgium” are the following:
- To analyse the Belgian Economy and Foreign Trade (Import, Export, FDI)
- To know the business opportunities in the Belgian Market
- To analyse the Belgian trade relations with the country of the student
- To know the Belgian free trade agreements as a member of the European Union (EU)
- To develop a business plan for the Belgian Market
Examples of the Subject - Foreign Trade and Business in Belgium:

Description of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Belgium
Transport Corridors related to Belgium- North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor (Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France)
- North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium)
- Access to the
Atlantic Transport Corridor (Portugal-Spain-France-Germany)
Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements of Belgium
- Belgium and the
European Economic Area
- European Union
- European Single Market
- EU Services Directive
- European Digital Single Market
- Economic and Monetary Union
- European Customs Union
- As a member of the European Union, Belgium is a beneficiary of the
EU Free trade agreements with Chile,
South Africa,
South Korea,
India,
Mexico,
MERCOSUR,
Egypt,
Jordan,
Lebanon,
Ukraine,
Moldova,
Georgia etc
- Group of States of the European Council Convention against Corruption (GRECO)
International Trade Facilitation Programs
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
- WTO Agreement on the Application of
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)
- WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
- WTO Agreement on Preshipment Inspection (PSI)
- WTO Agreement on Safeguards (SG)
- WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)
- World Customs Organisation (WCO)
- Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC)
- Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF)
- International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport (BIC)
- International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO, Chicago Convention)
- International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
- International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC)
- Convention Relating to Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention)
- International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
- Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR, UN)
- International Road Transport Union (IRU)
- TIR Convention
- Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport
- Uniform Rules concerning the Contract of International Carriage of Goods by Rail (CIM, CIT)
- Customs Convention on Containers (CCC, UN) - not a member
-
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

European Trade and Economic Organisations of Belgium
- European Union
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- European Central Bank
- EU-CELAC Summit
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
-
OECD anti-corruption measures
-
Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
- Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
- Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Global Organisations
- United Nations (UN)
- Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- International Trade Centre (INTRACEN)
- World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
- World Bank (WB)
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
The Kingdom of Belgium (Europe)
- Capital of Belgium: Brussels
- Belgian Official Languages: French, Dutch and German
- Area of Belgium: 30,528 square kilometres
- Belgian Population: 11.2 million people
- Type of Government: Federal parliamentary monarchy
- Borders of Belgium: Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
- Belgium became independent of the Netherlands (Spain in the past) in 1830
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo became independent
from Belgium in 1960
- The Republic of Burundi and Rwanda became independent from Belgium in 1962
Religion: Catholicism (Christianity)
Belgium belongs to the Western Civilisation (European Economic Area)
Economy of Belgium.
- The headquarters of the European Union are in Brussels, one of the largest lobbies in the world
- Belgian GDP (nominal): 338,000 million EUR
- GDP per capita: 42,793 dollars
- Economic recession in 2009
- Belgian Currency: Euro (1999)
- Belgium joined the European Union in 1958
- Industry is mainly located in Flanders (northern Belgium)
- The company "Unitel International Holdings BV" of the Angolan businesswoman
Isabel dos Santos is in Brussels

Belgian Foreign Trade
- 75% of the Belgian foreign trade is made with the countries of the European Union
- The main suppliers of Belgium are Germany, the Netherlands and France (and also
the main export destination)
- The main export products are diamonds, machinery, chemical products, food products
- The Port of Antwerp is the second largest in Europe
- Headquarters of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) and the
International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (UIRR): Brussels


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