Mastering International Trade Policy Development and Macroeconomic Analysis
This course provides participants with the analytical frameworks, policy tools, and practical skills necessary to design, evaluate, and implement international trade policies effectively within a complex macroeconomic environment.
International Trade Policy Development and Macroeconomic Analysis
This course provides participants with the analytical frameworks, policy tools, and practical skills necessary to design, evaluate, and implement international trade policies effectively within a complex macroeconomic environment.
Course Overview
This course equips participants with the analytical frameworks, policy tools and practical skills to design, evaluate and implement international trade policies within a macro-economic context. It explores the intersection between trade policy (tariffs, non-tariff barriers, trade agreements, export strategies), industrial/development policy, and macro-economic dynamics (growth, exchange rates, fiscal/monetary linkages). Participants will learn how trade policies affect national economies and how macroeconomic conditions feed back into trade strategy.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the theory of international trade and how trade policy instruments function.
- Analyse the macro-economic context (growth, balance of payments, exchange rates, fiscal/monetary policy) in which trade policy operates.
- Develop and evaluate trade and industrial policies (exports, imports, trade facilitation, trade agreements) aligned with national development objectives.
- Assess the macroeconomic effects of trade policy choices (e.g., on employment, competitiveness, inflation, external balance).
- Use data and empirical tools to monitor trade policy outcomes and macroeconomic indicators.
- Integrate trade policy development with macroeconomic strategy and public policy frameworks (including for developing countries).
- Communicate trade-policy recommendations, including to senior decision-makers, donors, stakeholders.
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