Zahraniční obchod v zajetí ideologie? Limity hospodářské spolupráce Československa a Spolkové republiky Německo v padesátých a šedesátých letech 20. století

The aim of this work is to analyze the development of Czechoslovak foreign trade with the Federal Republic of Germany in the fifties and sixties of the twentieth century. Membership of diferent military and economic groupings significantly influenced the mutual trade. The work focuses on finding the causes of changes in the structure and volume of exports and imports, in particular the problem of reducing the Czechoslovak foreign trade with the Western powers due to the communist ideology of the Eastern bloc, whose part Czechoslovakia became. Although diplomatic contacts between both states in this period practically did not exist and were implemented via primarily through third countries, trade exchanges worked and regardless of small fluctuations they even continuously increased. Contribution of the work lies in the presentation of a comprehensive view of the problems of the Czechoslovak-West German trade since the end of World War II until 1967, when despite the protracted and complex negotiations an agreement on setting up dealerships and commodity regulation and payment systems was signed.