International Trade Policy

Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences

Version 8.0 of 02/20/2018

22C9016

International Trade Policy

International Event Management Shanghai (B.A.)

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This module analyzes the causes and consequences of international trade policy. The motives for nations or group of nations to restrict or regulate international trade are analysed and the effects of such policies on economic welfare are discussed.

1. Trade in the Global Economy
2. Trade and Technology
3. Gains and Losses from Trade in the Specific-Factors Model
4. Trade Resources
5. Movement of Labor and Capital Between Countries
6. Increasing Returns to Scale and Monopolistic Competition
7. Offshoring of Goods and Services
8. Import Tariffs and Quotas Under Perfect Competition
9. Import Tariffs and Quotas Under Imperfect Competition
10. Export Subsidies in Agriculture and High Technology Industries
11. International Agreements: Trade, Labor and the Environment

Knowledge Broadening
Students who successfully complete this module
1. understand why international trade is important for China and other countries, and how it affects production, profit and the economy;;
2. grasp fundamental concepts and tools of analysis in the core areas of international trade;;
3. can analyze trade policies that are different from those that govern China and understand why those differences exist.
Knowledge Deepening

Instrumental Skills and Competences
Students who successfully complete this module can apply trade concepts and models to different contexts and real life examples.
Communicative Skills and Competences

Systemic Skills and Competences
Students who successfully complete this module are able to carry out advanced research into, and to act as policy advisors on, issues related to international trade by abstracting from the key principles of the various trade models.

Lectures, discussions, group presentations, in-class exercises.

Wang, Chunlei

Prof. Zhang Yong'an

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Paul R.Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld. International Economics:Theory and Policy (8th Edition), Qinghua University Press, ISBN: 7302271658

• Homework / Assignment
• Two-Hour Written Examination
• Oral Presentation / Seminar Paper

1 Term

Only Winter Term

Chinese