Aim
To explain the make-up of the new and constantly developing international trade system and discuss the present and potential impact that this has on various sectors.

Content

• Development of the International Trade System: Determining the cornerstones of the road which began with GATT in 1947 and has evolved into the  World Trade Organization.
• The Uruguay Round Talks and its Consequences: In depth study of the consequences of the Uruguay Round Talks which were about the trading of industrial goods, as well as all areas of trade policy ranging from services to intellectual property rights and which also redefined the rules of agriculture and textile trade.
• Ministerial Conferences:  Explanation of the impact of the decisions taken by the Ministerial Conferences held in Singapore, Geneva, Seattle, Doha, Cancun and Hong Kong on the world trade system.
• The Doha Negotiations: Discussion of the current state of ongoing negotiations on the advance of agriculture, the entry into market for non-agricultural products,  the trading of services, the freeing up of trade, intellectual property rights, and the potential threats and opportunities brought about by  increased the liberalization of world trade.