ECN330 Economic Integration and Trade
Liberalization
Course description
and lecture plan (autumn 2023):
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Notes: 2023 exam solutions are uploaded |
Course description
[kursbeskrivelse]
Lecture plan and schedule [kursplan]
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Session / date |
Description of Lecture
Topic |
Lecture Outline |
Reading Assignment |
Handouts,
Slides and Exercises Slides subject to last-minute
changes |
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Module 1. Economic Integration (EU) and Multilateral Trade
Liberalization (WTO) |
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1 06.09 |
Introduction
to course and course objectives Section
1: Integration and convergence criteria; Section 2: Unilateral, bilateral and
multilateral arrangements; Section 3; regional economic integrations; Section
4 Creating the EU; Section 4: Creating the EU (economic freedoms) |
AF, ch
17 RR: Pelkmans, ch 5-6 |
Slides:
Module-1 |
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2 08.09 |
Section
5: Introduce the WTO |
HK, ch 10; 1; 4 |
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Module 2. WTO Rules and Commitments on Trade in Goods: Analyzing MA
Restrictions |
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2 08.09 |
Section
1: MA restrictions and WTO principles; Section 2: Economics of MA
restrictions; theoretical consistency of WTO rules; Tariff-quota equivalence;
Section 2: Article XX Exceptions; Section
3: MA county-specific commitments |
AF,
ch. 13-14 |
Slides: Module-2 3-panel-diagram
(ES and ED derivation) |
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3 13.09 |
Exercise
session: Tariff-quota (non)-equivalence, case of heterogeneous goods: Download exercise and work as a group to complete exercise 1;
instructor available |
Exercise
1 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 |
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Section
3: Commitments – tariff profiles and TRQs; Section 4: GATT rules on export
restrictions; |
AF,
ch. 13-14 HK, ch
5-6, 9 |
Slides: Module-2 |
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4 15.09 |
Section 5: Public
Procurement; Section 6: Trade-related investment measures Section 7: SPS and
TBT; Codex, CITES and SPS-TBT regs |
HK, ch 11 (Gov’t Procurement) SRP2 HK, ch
5 (5.8-5.9) |
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5 20.09 |
Section
7: SPS and TBT continued (trade disputes); Section 8: Doha-Bali round
negotiations; Section 9: conclusions |
HK, ch
5-6, 9 |
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Module 3. WTO Rules and Commitments on TIG: Analyzing Subsidies and
Support |
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5 |
Section
1: Subsidies and domestic support (DS); Section 2: Economics of subsidies, DS
and ES |
AF,
ch. 13-14 HK, ch
5 (5.4) RR: Sykes |
Slides:
Module 3 |
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6 22.09 |
Section
3: Ag subsidies and DS – ag policy / programs; commitments; Aggregate Measure
of Support (AMS); Section 4: Export subsidy usage and commitments; Section 5:
Analyzing income and price supports; Section 6: Incompatibility and
incoherence of WTO rules and theory |
AF,
ch. 13-14 HK, ch
5 (5.4) RR: Sykes RR: Knutson |
Slides:
Module 3 |
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7 27.09 |
Section
3: AMS; Section 7: Doha-Bali round negotiations; Section 8:
Multi-functionality, non-trade concerns and ag risk; Section 9: Conclusions |
RR: Helmberger |
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7 27.09 |
Exercise session: Download exercise and work as a group to complete
exercise 2; instructor available. |
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Module 4.
Safeguards, Countervailing Measures, Anti-Dumping and Competition Rules |
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8 29.09 |
Section 1: Safeguards and Special safeguards;
Countervailing measures; dumping/anti-dumping; Section 4: Competition policy
under the WTO |
HK,
ch. 9, 13 |
Slides:
Module-4 |
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9 04.10 |
Exercise session: Effects of a CVM |
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Section
5: Economics of imperfect competition and trade; state-trading enterprises |
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Module 5. Trade Rules on Services: EU
and WTO; and WTO Rules on Intellectual Property |
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9 04.10 |
Section 1: International services economy; Section 2:
Economics of services; Section 3: Multilateral rules on services |
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Slides: Module-5 |
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10 16.10 |
Section 4: WTO TRIPs Agreement; Section 5. Case for
IP protection |
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Deadlines related to paper: 1.
1st draft submission, 10 Nov, 15.00 Send in draft via e-mail to me 2.
Group presentation, 17 Nov, 12.00-15.00 I will submit written comments on
the draft Presentation followed by informal
defense 3.
Submit final draft, 24 Nov, 15.00 Submit electronically to me and on
Wiseflow 4.
Oral exam, 01 Dec, sign up sheet will come
as will details on external evaluator |
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01 Dec, 12.00-14.00, Final exam review |
Exams: |
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