Tentative –Final Version to be Handed Out at First Class

International Trade Relations (ITRN603)

Fall 2001, Tuesdays, 7:05-9:35, Room TBA

Dr. Daniel Gaske, Instructor, 703-613-6957, dgaske @ earthlink.net

This course is to examine the global trading system, including: the global framework for trade under the auspices of the WTO; the involvement of the United States, the European Union, and other key countries in the global trading system; the relationship between the global trading system and regional trading arrangements such as NAFTA and MERCOSUR; and the future of the global trading system after the Doha WTO ministerial in November.

Requirements

Requirements for the course are to include completion of two in-class examinations and a 10-page issue/position paper on some international trade topic. This paper should fulfill the normal requirements of a formal research/analysis paper – organization, style, documentation, etc.

The course grade is to be based on a simple average of the performance on each of these three activities, with the grade on each activity based on how well the activity is completed with regard to accuracy, completeness, and insights.

Materials

Course reading materials are to consist of assigned chapters from the following items. The first two are to be available in the Arlington campus copy center; the last five in the Arlington campus bookstore. Or, you likely could also obtain them online from publisher.

Trading into the Future: An Introduction to the WTO (World Trade Organization);

“Theory of International Trade and Trade Policy: A Short Review”;

WTO Annual Report 2001 (World Trade Organization);

American Trade Politics / New Politics of American Trade (Institute for International Economics);

The WTO After Seattle (Institute for International Economics);

Has Globalization Gone Too Far (Institute for International Economics);

Regional Trading Blocs in the World Economic System (Institute for International Economics) .

In addition, numerous reading assignments, many using Internet sites, are to be made as the course unfolds.

Schedule

Date Topic Reading

8/28 Theory of International Trade Review “International Trade Theory: A Short Review”, 1

9/4 Theory of Trade Policy Review “International Trade Theory: A Short Review”, 2,3

9/11 WTO Framework for World Trade: Trading into Future, 1

History and Overview

9/18 WTO Framework for World Trade: Trading into Future, 2

Present Details

9/25 WTO Framework for World Trade: Trading into Future, 3

Dispute Settlement

10/2 First Examination Previous materials and discussion

10/9 No Class

10/16 US International Trade Relations WTO Annual Report 2001, pages to be assigned

American Trade Politics, pages to be assigned

WTO After Seattle, pages to be assigned

Other material to be assigned

10/23 EU International Trade Relations WTO Annual Report 2001, pages to be assigned

WTO After Seattle, pages to be assigned

Other material to be assigned

10/30 Japan and China International WTO Annual Report 2001, pages to be assigned

Trade Relations WTO After Seattle, pages to be assigned

Other material to be assigned

11/6 LDCs International Trade Relations WTO Annual Report 2001, pages to be assigned

WTO After Seattle, pages to be assigned

Other material to be assigned

11/13 Regional Trading Areas and World WTO Annual Report 2001, pages to be assigned

Trading System Regional Trading Blocs, pages to be assigned

Other material to be assigned

11/20 No Class

11/27 WTO Ministerial in Doha: Assessment Material to be assigned

12/4 Current World Trade System Has Globalization Gone too Far, pages to be assigned

Other material to be assigned

12/11 Second Examination Material and discussion since October 16