Dopad finanční krize v roce 2008 na zahraniční obchod Spojených států amerických

This bachelor thesis analyzes the impacts of the 2008–2009 global financial crisis on US foreign trade to identify the mechanisms of the Great Trade Collapse and quantify the asymmetrical changes in American trade flows. The theoretical part explains the spillover of the financial shock into the real economy and critically evaluates the role of institutions, particularly the G20 "Standstill" commitment in confrontation with the rise of murky protectionism. Using macroeconomic databases, the empirical part subsequently performs a detailed territorial and sectoral decomposition of US trade. The results demonstrate that the collapse was highly concentrated primarily in the NAFTA bloc, Europe, and cyclically sensitive machinery, whereas relations with China and the trade in basic food items showed significant resilience. The thesis thus confirms that although the international community prevented a global tariff war, the fundamental plunge in aggregate demand caused the fastest contraction of trade dynamics in modern history.