WTO AND TRADE DIPLOMACY (4 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this Course, students will be able to: Identify the background and accessions the World Trade Organization; Illustrate the trade interest and trade negotiation strategy of developing and developed countries in the WTO; Analyze the world trade political issues, dispute settlement issues, and the future of the WTO.

Topics:

1. Trade Liberalization Diplomacy;
2. International Trade as Diplomacy;
3. Three Transformations of the Diplomacy and International Trade;
4. Trade Liberalization Diplomacy in Big Countries;
5. Theory and practice the multilateral trading system;
6. The creation of the multilateral trading system;
7. Liberalization: The First Transformation I;
8. Liberalization: The First Transformation II;
9. Institutionalization: The Second Transformation I;
10. Institutionalization: The Second Transformation II;
11. WTO Accessions;
12. Political issues in the WTO accession;
13. Case Studies I;
14. Case Studies II;
15. Judicialization: The Third Transformation I;
16. Judicialization: The Third Transformation II;
17. Dispute Settlement;
18. Operation of the Dispute Settlement Understanding;
19. Rules and norms: The rules for decision-making in the WTO;
20. Consensus versus Voting;
21. Relations with other organizations, civil society, and other stakeholders;
22. Notifications, trade policy reviews and monitoring;
23. Post-Uruguay Round negotiations in the WTO;
24. Case Studies : Doha Round;
25. Case Studies : Discrimination and Preferences;
26. The Future of The WTO.