Politics of International Trade and Finance

Catalog description

The course conducts a broad survey of the field, focusing on the politics of substantive issues in international trade and finance. The first part of the course focuses on international trade, reviewing the rules, politics, institutions, and theories of trade and the major policy issues facing the global trading system. The second part focuses on the politics of international finance, explaining the actors and institutions that are involved in financial markets and financial relations, including foreign exchange, foreign direct investment, and foreign aid. It then examines the consequences of increasingly integrated markets and reviews the mechanisms behind systemic financial crises.