The Politics of International Trade

INB453

Code	INB453
School	EBSL
Module Level	4
Module Code	INB453
Available Summer	N
Semester	1
Credits	15
ECTS Credits	6.5
Contact Hours	33
Course Aims	Most EBS-L MA graduates will be employed in an international environment as soon as they leave the school, and will be asked to participate proactively in international operations. The common preconception of business students is that everyone they encounter during their business careers is on board for the current avatar of neo-liberal globalisation, but this is a fallacious supposition that obfuscates the existence of real hurdles that savvy professionals know how to overcome.This module gives students an opportunity to assess a whole range of attitudes towards international trade and its main representative institutions (WTO, EU, etc.) - including their own. By enhancing their general culture and self-awareness, it will enhance their understanding of the various receptions they are likely to encounter as international business persons. In addition, the module provides concrete input on the mechanics of cross-border transactions. It focuses specifically on trade/FDI-related operations rather than macro-economic policy, which is the crux of INB 452 International Business Economics.
Learning Outcomes	A1, A2, A3, B1, B4, C5, D4, D5
Presentation	The teaching/learning strategy for this module has been designed to ensure that learners acquire the above programme level learning outcomes. To this end, the teaching and learning methods include: Lectures: reviewing and introducing concepts, refereed articles, themes, arguments and operational techniques; Workshops: providing a forum for consolidation, extension work and self-exploration; Student presentations: providing the learners with the opportunity to research and present a particular topic within the module; Exposure to extra-classroom inputs: offering the opportunity to apply theories studied in-class to real-life situations;
Reading Recommended	Robert Feenstra, Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence , Princeton University Press, 2004 D. Yergin & J. Stanislaw, The Commanding Heights, Touchstone, 2002 Douglas Irwin, Against the Tide: An Intellectual History of Free Trade, Princeton University Press, 1996 Giorgio Barba Navaretti, Anthony Venables et al, Multinational Firms in the World Economy, Princeton University Press, 2003 Paul Krugman. Pop Internationalism, MIT Press, 1996 Paul Krugman, Rethinking International Trade, MIT Press, 1994 Bernard Hoekman, Michel Kostecki, The Political Economy of the World Trading System: WTO and Beyond, OUP, 2001 Amrita Narlikar, The WTO: A Very Short Introduction, OUP, 2005 F. Jawara & A. Kwa, Behind the Scenes at the WTO, Zed Books, 2004 John Odell, Negotiating Trade: Developing Countries in the WTO and NAFTA, Cornell University Press, 2000 Amrita Narlikar, International Trade and Developing Countries: Coalitions in GATT and WTO , Routledge, 2003 Dilip K. Das, Regionalism in Global Trade, Elgar, 2004 Jagdish Bhagwati, WTO and Regional Trade Agreements, Asser Press, 2002 Graham Dunkley: Free Trade: Myths, Reality and Alternative, Zed Books, 2004 Naomi Klein, No Logo, HarperCollins, 2004 Noreena Hertz, The Silent Takeover , William Heinemann, 2002 Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and its Discontents, Penguin, 2003 Joseph Stiglitz, Making Globalisation Work, Allen Lane, 2006 Martin Wolf, Why Globalisation Works, Yale, 2004 Johan Norberg, In Defence of Global Capitalism, Timbro AB, 2002 Jagdish Bhagwati, In Defense of Globalization, OUP, 2004 Alan Shipman, The Globalization Myth, Faber and Faber, 2004 Douglas Irwin, Free Trade Under Fire, Princeton University Press, 2003 David Held, Debating Globalization, Polity 2005 Pietra Rivoli, The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade, John Wiley & Sons, 2005 Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Robinson, London, 2003
Reading Required	Brian Hocking & Stephen McGuire Trade Politics, Routledge (2nd edition), 2004 Dominic Kelly & Wyn Grant, The Politics of International Trade in the 21st century: Actors, Issues, and Regional Dynamics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, ISBN 1403904839
Asseseement Methods	In-class oral presentation Individual essay Classroom activities "Debate Preparation"