Law and Institutions of International Trade

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

This course provides an overview of the development and current condition of the global trading system, examining both its institutional and legal framework as well as how such challenges as nationalism, protectionism and globalization scepticism affect it. In examining this rules-based system, students will gain a better understanding of regional and international institutions and agreements, their complimentary goals and objectives, and their focus on maintaining a rational, predictable and interdependent global trading regime.