MGX5730 - International trade policy

Leader(s): Dr Jagjit Plahe

Offered

Caulfield First semester 2009 (Evening)
Caulfield Second semester 2009 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2009 (Off-campus)
Sunway Second semester 2009 (Day)

Synopsis

The unit will provide students with key insights regarding how trade policy is formulated, negotiated and implemented; the economic, social and cultural implications of international trade rules; the pattern of relationships that exists between trade policy and prosperity; and the implications of the global financial crisis for international trade policy. The unit focuses on the GATT/WTO System and Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

• assess the advantages and limitations of the multilateral trading system in terms of its decision making processes and its agreements (agriculture, services, intellectual property, etc.)
• explain the recent surge of bilateralism and regionalism and assess the implications of this surge for the multilateral trading system
• evaluate the opportunities and the limitations of formally linking human rights and

• judge whether the current global trading system treats trade liberalisation as a means to an end (the end being sustainable and equitable development) or an end in itself
• evaluate the implications of the global financial crisis for the global trading system.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Contact hours

3 hours per week