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Présentation
There are no prerequisites for this course. It will start with a general introduction to trade and investment protection policy. New comers to this theme are welcome. Only a basic knowledge of EU policy-making is needed.
This is a course on EU Trade and EU Investment Protection Policies.
The students will:
* Analyse the history, the economic and political actors and the theories behind EU trade and EU investment protection deals
* Know the controversial elements of recent EU trade and investment protection deals (CETA, EU-Mercosur, EU-China, etc.)
* Analyse the different arguments in current trade debates: free trade versus protectionism; trade and the environment; trade and development; etc.
The 9 lessons of 2 hours will cover the following topics:
* History and theory behind free trade and globalisation
* Recent EU trade deals such as CETA and EU-Mercosur
* EU Investment Protection policy (ISDS and ICS)
* The impact of EU Trade policy on development and climate policies
* Current debates on trade (WTO, China, etc.)
* The impact of coronavirus on trade
* Brexit
Modalités
As much as possible, the lesson will be divided in two parts:
An hour of presentation
An hour of role plays/debates/case studies
If the classes are online, I will try to use images and videos as much as possible
In the past, three external speakers joined the class: a MEP, a representative of the EU Commission working on EU investment policy and a member of the French Permanent representation to the EU. Subject to availability, they should be able to intervene again this year in the class and free some time for students to ask them questions.
Ressources
Graham Dunkley “One World Mania. A critical Guide to free trade, financialization and over-globalisation”|| Lauge Poulsen "Bounded Rationality and Economic Diplomacy"|| Ken Heydon "The political economy of International Trade"|| Gus Van Harten "The trouble with Foreign Investor Protection"|| Writings by Naomi Klein; Walden Bello ; Dani Rodrik and <a>Kyla Tienhaara , </a>|| Debates in the European parliament||||||