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Elements of International Trade and Trade Policy
Antecedentes
LDCs in general and low-income sub-Saharan African countries in particular have not been able to benefit from the growth of international trade and globalisation during the last decades. While most other developing countries have been growing and reducing poverty, the LDCs and the sub-Saharan African low-income countries have been left outside this process. One explanation for the poor results among these countries is an overall lack of knowledge of the functioning of the international trade system and the possibilities for LDCs to improve trading conditions through the development of proper trade policies and to negotiate better conditions for themselves in the multilateral and regional trade agreements.
With the purpose to broaden and deepen the understanding in LDCs of the importance of trade and trade policy for development , this course addresses media professionals and other officials and professionals concerned with trade issues both in developing and developed countries .
Objetivos del aprendizaje
At the end of the course, the participants should be able to:
- Identify and understand basic determinants of trade and trade policy .
- Analyse the economic implications for developing countries of different forms of trade regulation.
- Understand and interpret the legal framework that regulates international trade.
Contenido y estructura
Week 1: MODULE 1
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
Lesson 1: Introduction to International trade, development and trade policies
Lesson 2: Globalisation trends and patterns and the LDCs
Lesson 3: Trade policy instruments and the economics of trade policy
Lesson 4: External trade policy patterns and trends affecting LDCs (including tariff peaks, tariff escalation and preference erosion
Lesson 5: Trade facilitation in LDCs
Week 2: Module 1
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
Lesson 6: Agriculture, trade and development
Lesson 7: Intellectual property, trade and development
Lesson 8: Services, trade and development
Lesson 9: Industry, trade and development
Week 3: Module 2
INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
Lesson 11: History of the global regulation of trade in goods - from GATT to the WTO
Lesson 12: The WTO: origins, purposes, organic structure and the role of the WTO in development
Lesson 13: Legal principles for international trade in goods (MFN, National Treatment)
Lesson 14: Exceptions to the principles (RTAs, permissible quotas, etc.)
Lesson 15: Tariffs vs. QRs, noting special arrangements for agriculture and differential treatment for DCs
Lesson 16: Additional/sectoral agreements or annexes on trade in goods, i.e. agreements on safeguards, subsidies and countervailing measures (SCM), sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS), technical barriers to trade (TBT), antidumping measures (AD); noting special arrangements for agriculture, textiles and clothing and special and differential treatment for DCs
Week 4: Module 2
INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
Lesson 17: The Global Trading System and Intellectual Property
Lesson 18: Relationships: Global, regional, bilateral and national trading regimes
Lesson 19: The global trading system and investments
Lesson 20:The global trading system and trade in services
Lesson 21: Settlement of trade disputes