15 March - 21 March

The Domestic Politics and  Interantional Trade policy

Mandatory readings:

Oatley, Thomas, Debates in International Political Economy, 2nd edition (Pearson, 2012), Chapter 5 "Free Trade Agreements are stepping-stones v Free trade Agreements are Stumblig Blocks"

Hamilton, Pelkmans, Rule makers or Rule Takers, Chapter 1, 1-17, Center for European Policy Studies, 2015, pdf.

Recommended:

Robert Badlwin, TRADE AND INDUSTRIALISATION AFTER GLOBALISATION’S 2ND UNBUNDLING:
HOW BUILDING AND JOINING A SUPPLY CHAIN ARE DIFFERENT AND WHY IT MATTERS, NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES, December 2011, http://www.nber.org/papers/w17716

Laura Dawson, Christopher Sands, and Duncan Wood, North American Competitiveness: The San Diego Agenda, November 2013, https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/north-american-competitiveness-the-san-diego-agenda

Robert Gilpin, Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order, Chapter 8 (The Trading System).

Joseph Stiglitz, "Making Trade Fair", in Making Globalization Work, book available as pdf.

Christopher Wilson, "NAFTA's Next 20 Years: In Face Of Chinese Competition, Bonds Must Be Strengthened",  Forbes, Jan 6th, 2014.

Dani Rodrik, "Trading Illusions", Foreign Policy, March/April 2001:55-62.

Dani Rodrik, "Why do open economies have bigger governments?", Journal of Political Economy, 106: 50, 1998.