Universidad Pública de Navarra - Nafarroako Univertsitate Publikoa
Public University of Navarre
| Course code: 710501 | Subject title: Markets and Multilateral Institutions | ||||
| Credits: 5 | Type of subject: Mandatory | Year: 1 | Period: 1º S | ||
| Department: Economía | |||||
| Lecturers: | |||||
| GOMEZ GOMEZ-PLANA, ANTONIO (Resp) [Mentoring ] | |||||
Contents
Five blocks:
- An overview of international markets and globalisation.
- The measurement of international trade flows.
- Economic integration: Global value chains, regional and multilateral trade agreements
- Trade policy.
- Controversies in trade policy.
Learning outcomes
RA02. Analyze international economic and commercial flows and their recent evolution in a globalized world.
RA03. Identify the main determining factors and conflicts in economic and commercial relations between countries and regions.
Methodology
| Formative activity | In-class hours | Out-class hours |
| Lectures | 30 | |
| Students¿ presentations | 8 | |
| Debates, group dynamics | 8 | |
| Homework | 15 | |
| Reading | 30 | |
| Individual study | 28 | |
| Exams | 4 | |
| Individual office hours | 2 | |
| Total | 52 | 73 |
Evaluation
| Assessment activity | Weight (%) | It allows test resit | Minimum required grade |
| Exams | 50 | Yes | 5 points or an average equal or higher to 5 for the whole set of assessment activities at the end of the semester. |
| Presentation | 40 | No | - |
| Class participation | 10 | No | - |
The grade "No presentado" will be applied according to the University legislation.
Agenda
PART I. INTRODUCTION
Unit 1. Economic openness: An overview
Unit 2. The globalisation process
Unit 3. Exchanged goods: An overview
PART II. MEASURING INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Unit 4. Tools for measuring international trade
Unit 5. International trade in Spain and Navarre
Unit 6. International trade reports
PART III. ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
Unit 7. Global value chains
Unit 8. Trade agreements: multilateralism and regionalism
Unit 9. The World Trade Organization
PART IV. TRADE POLICY
Unit 10. Trade policy instruments
Unit 11. Arguments for and againts free trade
Unit 12. Trade policy: The European Union
Unit 13. Trade policy: Developing economies
Unit 14. Strategic trade policy
PART V. CONTROVERSIES IN TRADE POLICY
Unit 15. Trade based in low wages
Unit 16. The anti-globalisation movements
Bibliography
Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.
BOOKS:
Catão, L. y Obstfeld, M. (2019): Meeting Globalization's challenges. Policies to make trade work for all. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Feenstra, R.C. y Taylor, A.M. (2021): International Trade. 5ª edición. Macmillan, New York.
Irwin, D. A. (2020): Free Trade under fire. 5ª edición. Princeton Universtity Press, New Jersey.
Krueger, A.O. (2020): International Trade. What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Krugman, P.R., Obstfeld, M., and Melitz, M.J. (2022): International Economics. Theory and Policy. 12th edition. Pearson Addison Wesley, Harlow, United Kingdom.
Michie, J. (2017): Advanced Introduction to Globalisation. EdwardElgar, Cheltenham, United Kingdom.
Michie, J. (2019): The Handbook of Globalisation. 3rd edition. EdwardElgar, Cheltenham, United Kingdom.
Van Bergeijk, P.A.G. (2019): Deglobalization 2.0. Trade and openness during the Great Depression and the Great Recession. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, Reino Unido.
World Trade Organization (2011): World Trade Report 2011: The WTO and Preferential Trade Agreements. Geneve. Available at: http://www.wto.org/spanish/res_s/publications_s/wtr11_s.htm
World Trade Organization (2012): World Trade Report 2012: Trade and Public Policies. Geneve. Available at: http://www.wto.org/spanish/res_s/publications_s/wtr12_s.htm
World Trade Organization (2013): World Trade Report 2013: Factors Shaping the Future of World Trade. Geneve. Available at: http://www.wto.org/spanish/res_s/publications_s/wtr13_s.htm
World Trade Organization (2014): World Trade Report 2014: Trade and development: recent trends and the role of the WTO. Geneve. Available at: http://www.wto.org/spanish/res_s/publications_s/wtr14_s.htm
World Trade Organization (2017): World Trade Report 2017: Trade, Technology and jobs. Geneve. Available at: https://www.wto.org/spanish/res_s/publications_s/wtr17_s.htm
World Trade Organization (2018): World Trade Report 2018: The future of world trade: How digital technologies are transforming global commerce. Geneve. Available at: https://www.wto.org/spanish/res_s/publications_s/wtr18_s.htm
World Trade Organization (2019): World Trade Report 2019: The future of services trade. Geneve. Available at: https://www.wto.org/spanish/res_s/publications_s/wtr19_s.htm
World Trade Organization (2020): World Trade Report 2020: Government policies to promote innovation in the digital age. Geneve. Available at: https://www.wto.org/spanish/res_s/publications_s/wtr20_s.htm
World Trade Organization (2021): World Trade Report 2021: Resilencia económica y comercio. Geneve. Available at: https://www.wto.org/spanish/res_s/publications_s/wtr21_s.htm
World Trade Organization (2022): World Trade Report 2022: Climate change and international trade. Geneve. Available at: https://www.wto.org/spanish/res_s/publications_s/wtr22_s.htm
World Trade Organization ( (2022): Revista general de la evolución del entorno comercial internacional. Informe anual de la Directora General. Ginebra. Available at: https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=s:/WT/TPR/OV25.pdf&Open=True
SELECTED WEBSITES:
Banco de España - Balanza de Pagos: https://www.bde.es/webbe/es/estadisticas/otras-clasificaciones/publicaciones/boletin-estadistico/capitulo-17.html
European Commission - DG Trade: https://trade.ec.europa.eu/
ICEX: https://www.icex.es/
Instituto de Estadística de Navarra: https://nastat.navarra.es/es/
Secretaría de Estado de Comercio: https://comercio.gob.es/es-es/SecretariaDeEstado/Paginas/default.aspx
World Trade Organization: www.wto.org