Market Access Lab

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course is about international trade policy. The focus is on how companies look to open markets abroad or close them at home. It surveys issues ranging from tariff classification to technical trade barriers and intellectual property. The course begins with a survey of some of the most salient trade policy measures in today’s global economy. As a lab, the second half of the course is organized around team-based presentations in which students will be responsible for identifying and solving a specific market access problem. The course takes a multidisciplinary approach to studying market access, drawing on legal, economic, and political perspectives.