The course deals with current policy issues in international trade and economic integration. We give special attention to specific institutional settings such as: NAFTA, the European Union, and the World Trade Organization, and to specific issues in trade policy such as the role of foreign direct investment and trans-national corporations, regionalism and multilateralism, development North-South relations, trade and the environment, agriculture and rural development, Canadian and U.S. trade policy, and trade and labour rights.
Prerequisite: AP/ECON 3150 3.0 or equivalent
Course Credit Exclusion: None. Prior to Fall 2009: AS/ECON 4129 3.0