Course overview
This course examines practical aspects of international trade and incorporates emerging issues like competition policy, World Trade Organisation rules, and dispute settlement. It explores and analyses how constantly evolving market forces, socioeconomic trends, local, national and international policies and unexpected shocks transform food systems and impact on businesses, global corporations, households, producers, retailers, consumers and governments.
Course learning outcomes
- Analyse new trends in international trade such as global supply and value chains, investment agreements, trade in services, competition policy and regional economic integration
- Critically examine the operation and application of regional economic integration tools such as international trade agreements in a practical context and from a sectoral aspect
- Analyse the practical aspects of international trade including the entering of export markets, financing and export assistance, legal regulations and documentation as well as government controls such as sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) biosecurity and customs
- Investigate how international trade agreements influence the development and adaptation of Australian trade policy through domestic legislation
- Apply effective oral and writing/research skills in the construction of policy argument, trade negotiation and analysis on international trade and domestic policy issues
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