The WTO is the foundation of multilateral trading system with 162 members, setting the rules of international trade policy coordination. China joined the WTO in 2001 after lengthy and arduous negotiations. Ever since then, China has been becoming…

The purpose of the class is to introduce students to the analytical framework that is used to study international trade. The models studied in this course not only give insight and help explain trade, trade patterns, and the effect of trade on…

Economic theory is the fundamental determinant of firms’ profitability and growth, and economic thinking should be an essential element in nearly every managerial decision. This course will examine the demand and cost determinants, and show how…

Industrial organization is essentially a branch of applied microeconomics which seeks to understand the causes and effects of various market structures on pricing and product choices. The course focuses on the theory of the firm and the industry…

This course will analyze trade policy tools in both perfect and imperfect competition. Trade restrictions are common in the world, so micro and macro-economics’ trade tools are used to study the effects of these restrictions on the different…

This PhD course covers International trade theory and policy: Classical comparative advantage and extensions, H-O theory and extensions. New theories of trade under imperfect competition, factor movements, commercial policies theory of optimum…

This course provides a graduate-level introduction to the field of international trade. Topics include gains from trade, Ricardian models of technological differences, Heckscher-Ohlin models of factor endowment differences, trade under imperfect…

This course is intended to expose learners to farm management decision making issues and the principles of marketing in agriculture with relevance to African conditions.