Global Economic Governance and Trade
This course explores the functioning and future of the trading system in an era of globalization. It examines the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and related institutions, the status of the Doha Round of trade negotiations, issues arising from trade in goods and services, intellectual property and regional trading arrangements, as well as the occasionally contentious connections between trade and other fields of policy such as development, environment, health and human rights.
The 2008 Global Economic Governance Course will be held at the headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Centre William Rappard. The Centre William Rappard (CWR) was conceived after World War I as part of the effort to create a League of Nations and related institutions that would encourage multilateral exchanges and favor the peaceful resolution of human conflicts. The course is scheduled for the week of June 2-6, 2008.
For summer 2008, the program will offer students the option of directly enrolling in one or more of the intensive weeklong courses for academic credit (without the internship component of the program). Completion of one weeklong intensive course with an associated research project submitted to the course instructor by August 1, 2008 will enable the student to earn 2.0 credits through the Duke University Graduate School. The tuition for one weeklong (2.0 credit) course is $2000. For application information, please download this Word document.
