The Practice of Trade Policy: Economics, Negotiations, and Rules

$9,150

Program fee includes: tuition, lodging, most meals, and instructional materials

VISA
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Curriculum

“One of the greatest take home values of Trade Policy is the CENTRAL CD-ROM, a complete library and reference for the novice or experienced professional dealing with trade issues. With this tool, the program gave me basic skills and a roadmap that has allowed me to navigate solo the complex world of trade rules and negotiations.”

-Richard Moss, Director General, General Secretariat of the Andean Community, Participant 2003

The curriculum for The Practice of Trade Policy is both rigorous and stimulating. It consists of a unique combination of lectures, trade-specific negotiation simulations, videoconferences, and small-group work supplemented by interactive discussions using the case study method pioneered at Harvard.

The cases promote exploration and discussion of a wide range of current international trade issues. Representative case study topics from previous sessions have included:

Brazil's challenge to the United States on cotton subsidies at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Disagreement between the European Union and the United States over the use of beef hormones.
The efforts of a coalition of U.S. firms to get intellectual property protection placed on the agenda of the WTO.
The efforts of a consortium of non-governmental organizations and developing countries that led the WTO to issue a declaration on access to essential medicines.

Videoconferencing

The Kennedy School’s videoconferencing sessions allow participants to interface directly and in real time with top professionals from world-renowned institutions. Far more than a simulation or exercise, the videoconferences allow participants to gain valuable insight and ask questions of some of the best minds in trade policy today. Over the years, the course has featured many distinguished guests in our videoconference sessions, including:

Pascal Lamy, WTO Director General
Michael Moore, WTO Director General
Rubens Ricupero, UNCTAD Secretary General
Miguel Rodriguez Mendoza, WTO Deputy Director General
Rufus Yerxa, WTO Deputy Director General
Hamid Mamdouh, WTO Director of Services
Carlos Perez del Castillo, Chairman of the WTO General Council
Thea Lee, AFL-CIO

Computerized Encyclopedia of Trade Law and Policy CD-ROM

A unique feature of the program’s curriculum is a CD-ROM entitled Computerized ENcyclopedia of TRAde Law and Policy (CENTRAL). CENTRAL is an electronic reference library that contains hundreds of fully cross-linked primary and secondary materials on the law, politics, and economics of trade. The CD-ROM acts as a capacity-building tool for both novices and experienced professionals. By centralizing documents needed by negotiators, legislators, lawyers, journalists, analysts, and other trade practitioners, the CD-ROM is a virtual—and portable—library.

CENTRAL includes the full texts of all key agreements of the World Trade Organization and its predecessor, as well as the trade laws and agreements of the United States. All texts are electronically enhanced with hyperlinks that allow readers to navigate both within an individual agreement and between agreements. Another key resource included on CENTRAL is the Dictionary of Trade Policy, which provides cross-linked definitions for hundreds of terms employed by negotiators, trade lawyers, economists, and analysts.

In addition to being fully integrated into the curriculum, CENTRAL is a tool used by participants long after the course is finished. Many past program participants have cited it among the most valuable takeaways from the course. CENTRAL is the only digital resource of its kind and it is available exclusively to program participants.

Sample Daily Schedule
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.	Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.	Study groups meet to discuss case material and assigned study questions
9:00 a.m. – 10: 30 a.m.	Class Session I
10:30 a.m. – 11: 00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Class Session II
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Class Session III
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.	Dinner

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