1	Introduction, introducing the course to students, explaining the expectations from students, requirements, etc.
2	Evolution of the International Trading System, Gain from trade, Multilateral trading system, Growth of international trade, institutions, Developing countries and international trade, a workshop on pandemic geopolitics ‘Is China winning?’
3	Regional trade, intra regional trade, and regional trade agreements Regional Trade agreements are; Partial trade agreement, Free trade area, Customs union, Common market, Economic Union Workshop, Trade, Free Trade & CU
4	International Economic Institutions since World War II Prominent Regional Trade Blocs in brief
5	Government Intervention and Regional Economic Integration Trade Preferences Trade Barriers, Non-tariff barriers
6	Understanding Emerging Markets Foreign Direct Investment and Collaborative Ventures
7	General Agreements on Trade and Tariffs, GATT, World Trade Organisation and Free Trade Regime & Multilateral trading system, WTO
8	Financial Organisations, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC
9	Midterm Exam
10	Prominent Regional Trade Blocs in EUROPE CEFTA-Central European Free Trade Agreement EEA-European Economic Area EFTA-European Free Trade Association EU-European Union
11	Prominent Regional Trade Blocs in MIDDLE EAST ACM-Arab Common Market AMU- Arab Maghreb Union GCC Gulf Cooperation Council
12	Prominent Regional Trade Blocs in WESTERN HEMISPHERE ANCON-Andean Common Market CACM-Central American Common Market CARICOM-Caribbean Community MERCOSUR-Southern Cone Common Market NAFTA-North American Free Trade Area ASEAN-Association of Southeast Asian Nations APEC-Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
13	Some workshops and cases for the condition and changes of the world trade regimes, trade disputes and protectionism,
14	Some workshops and cases for the condition and changes of the world trade regimes, trade disputes and protectionism,

Krugman, P. R., International Economics, Theory and Policy, Fifth Edition, Addison-Wesley, Massachusetts, 2000. (Students are believed to be familiar with this
source and it is considered to be a reference book only)
Globalisation for development, the international trade perspective, United Nations, 2008. (This is given to students as a PDF publication of the UN to analyse the
‘World Trading System’ and use for the assignment if needed.)

Apart from above list, there is no a published source for the course. Different materials as well as articles and state reports are used for the course. Mainly webpages of the relevant or- ganisations will be used for practical information of the organisation and some current debate, articles will be used for the analysis.