国際政治としての世界貿易
担当教員
単位数・配当学期・曜日・時限
2単位 夏学期 金曜4限
内容・進め方・主要文献等
International political stability requires, among other contributing factors, world economic growth. World trade is generally accepted as the main vehicle for such growth. It would then be important to understand how international efforts to promote world trade are furthered or frustrated by political dynamics.
This course will be organized as an interactive forum. The students will be assigned one of the major trading countries (entities) and will be asked to write a term paper on the assigned-country’s trade policy perspective and priorities and to make timely oral contributions in class, as well as to represent their respective ‘government’ in mock multilateral trade negotiations.
Major Topics:
1. Introduction: IPE (global polity), world economy, international trade; the international system and the fundamental factors; Post WW Two international system and the open multilateral trading system
2. Politics of trade policy; People involved in world trade; government (politicians, bureaucrats), business, lawyers. Two level game for governments; (two level, two front games). Multilateral network of two-level games
3. Trade as engine of growth in historical perspective: world; Japan
4. Overview of two level trade policy games for major partners, US, EU, China, Korea, ASEAN, Australia India (Brazil, Africa)
5. Rules based multilateral trade system, WTO principles and rules; MFN, NT; Dispute settlement
6. Trade liberalization negotiating rounds; Negotiating process and the politics of trade. Trade remedies AD, CVD, SG; New areas; services and IPRs
7. DDA: major topics, AG, NAMA, AD
8. Non-trade concerns, Labor and environment. New issues (Singapore Issues)
9. Developing countries (BRICS and others and LDCs)
10. WTO negotiations: politics of trade negotiations; Seattle, Doha, Cancun, July 2004, Hong Kong, July 2008, Geneva
11. WTO vs. FTAs, regional economic cooperation, APEC, ASEAN+3
12. Current economic situation and rise of protectionism; G8, G20, APEC summits; future of DDA, RTA/FTAs
13. &14. Mock negotiations
15. “Post mortem” and overview
教材等
Bernard M. Hoekman & Michel M. Kostecki, The Political Economy of the World Trading System: The WTO and Beyond. 3d ed. OUP, 2009.
Paul Blustein, Misadventures of the Most Favored Nations. Public Affairs, 2009.
Original source materials on countries assigned.
成績評価の方法
The major component of grading will be the term paper to be submitted on the assigned country’s trade policy perspective and priorities.
Commitment to and participation in class discussions and performance during the mock negotiations will also be considered.