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Syllabus |
I - Trade and Economic Global Integration
1.1 World trade: figures, trends and drivers
1.2 World trade system: from the GATT to World Trade Organisation
II – Global Trade: rational and analytical approaches
2.1 Traditional approaches
2.2 New trade theory and dynamic effects
2.3 Insights from international relations theories
III – The WTO and Trade Agreements
3.1 Multilateral trade agreements: main areas and critical issues
3.2 Doha Round, trade and development: a blocked agenda?
3.3 Multilateral trade agreements and regional trade blocks: a threat to multilateralism?
IV – Trade and Development: issues, policies and challenges
4.1 World trade and global imbalances: the role of foreign aid
4.2 A OMC e a resolução de litígios: experiências e dilemas
4.3 Capital mobility, foreign direct investment and development
4.4 Trade, environment and protectionism
4.5 Trade wars: a treat to global trading system?
4.6 WTO and the governance of world trade system: political and institutions issues
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Main Bibliography |
HOEKMAN, B. M. and KOSTECKI, M. M., 2010. The Political Economy of the World Trading System: The WTO and Beyond, 3. Ed., USA, Oxford University Press.
MARJIT, Sugata, 2008. International Trade and Economic Development Essays in Theory and Policy, New York, Oxford University Press.
STIGLITZ, J. and CHARLTON, A., 2006. Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development, New York, Oxford University Press.(EG-5.10-00164)
STIGLITZ, J. 2003. Globalisation and its Discontents, USA, W. W. Norton & Company.
BHAGWATI, Jagdish, 2007. In Defense of Globalization, New York, Oxford University Press.
RAVENNILL, John (ed.), 2007. Global Political Economy, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press. (EG-5.21-00118)
CARBAUGH, Robert, 2011. Global Economics, 13 ed., International Edition, South-Western Cengage Learning.
List of selected readings available in Moodle.
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