ADM4212 TRADE POLICY AND THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEMS
| Course Code: | 3104212 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The main objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of trade rules, politics, institutions, and major issues facing trade policy and the world trading system.
It aims at providing the students with an overview of the domestic dynamics with respect to how trade policy is formed and how the national interests are negotiated with trading partners amidst global developments and dynamics.
It is also designed to help students develop their skills in analyzing issues of world trade, assess the roles of trade institutions; trade agreements and interpret current challenges among major actors in the global trading system.
Course Content
The main objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of trade rules, politics, institutions, and major issues facing trade policy and the global trading system. It aims to explain how trade policy is formed and negotiated amidst the dynamics of the global trading system.It is designed to help students develop their skills in analyzing issues of world trade, assess the roles of trade institutions and interpret current challenges among major actors of the world trading system.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the semestre, the students are expected to:
- understand the dynamics of trade policy and policy-making process, including why particular policies are preferred and why specific policy instruments are chosen; the ways in which interest groups interact with policy-makers to shape policies;
- learn and assess the motives for trade protection and trade liberalization policies;
- evaluate the impact of trade policy choices on domestic actors;
- obtain a comprehensive overview of rules and regulations that govern international trade under regional and multilateral agreements;
- to be able to analyse the working mechanisms and the principles of the world trading system;
- to have developed their skills to assess the problems faced by the trading system and the WTO amidst global challenges as well as the needs for its reform;
- to have gained knowledge about Turkey's and the EU's trade policy strategies;
- to be able to evaluate trade policy developments and trade data.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to reach the information they need in their daily lives, and to interpret it | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being in command of the basic concepts of law | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Understanding the political, economical, and social transformations that occur in a wide range of areas including local and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Defining and solving problems encountered in political, social, and economic life | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being conscious, effective and rational citizens who can comprehend the transformations taking place in Turkey and in the world today | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Being professionals who can operate as productive participants in any public organization | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having the knowledge about how public organizations function and how their decision making processes and mechanisms work | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Developing original solutions to the problems faced in relation to their own area of interest | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Critical thinking ability | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being in command of the interdisciplinary approaches | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution