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The program will emphasize the economic and development implications of trade policy and negotiations, while also examining the international trade architecture and institutional and practical aspects of policymaking and negotiations. The course sessions will feature lectures, practical applications, extensive use of case studies, and student participation. Participants will also hear from trade policy experts at lunchtime talks and panel discussions

Topics to be covered include:

  • Trade Theory: Comparative Advantage and
  • Economies of Scale
  • Trade, Growth, Poverty, and Gender
  • Trade Policy Instruments
  • Political Economy of Protectionism and Trade Reform
  • Export Development
  • Overview of Global Trade Flows and Trade Policy Patterns
  • Multilateral Trade Institutions
  • Safeguards, Anti-Dumping, and Subsidies in the WTO
  • Dispute Settlement in the WTO
  • The Doha Round
  • Agricultural Trade Policies and Negotiations
  • Trade in Manufacturing and Services
  • Standards, Intellectual Property Rights, and Trade Facilitation
  • Regionalism and Preferential Trade Areas and Rules of Origin
  • Trade and Labor and the Environment