STRATEGY AND HISTORY OF COMMERCIAL RELATIONSModule INSTITUTIONS and GOVERNMENT of INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: Stefania Paola Ludovica PANEBIANCOExpected Learning Outcomes
Course Structure
The Political Science module 'Strategy of International Trade' relies upon active learning. Alongside traditional academic lectures, students are involved in class debate and critical analysis of readings. Students are invited to read beforehand the selected texts. Students are also required to prepare individual or group presentations on topics such as euro-lobbying, EU-USA trade relations, TTIP failed negotiations, the 'protectionist turn' of Tumpism, etc.
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Textbook Information
Sample of readings. These readings are made available to students via studium and/or TEAMS and can also be downloaded from the UNICT online library.
Lectures 1-9 (EU as a market power):
- Damro, Chad (2012), ‘Market power Europe’, Journal of European Public Policy, 19:5, 682-699. [COMPULSORY READING]
- Meunier, Sophie & Kalypso, Nicolaidis( 2019), ‘The Geopoliticization of European Trade and Investment Policy’, JCMS, Annual Review, 57, S1: 103-113
- Leblond, P. and Viju-Miljusevic, C. (2019), ‘EU trade policy in the twenty-first century: change, continuity and challenges’, Journal of European Public Policies, 26(12): 1836-1846. [COMPULSORY READING]
- Poletti, A., Sicurelli, D. and Yildirim, A.B. (2021), Promoting sustainable development through trade? EU trade agreements and global value chains, in Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica (2021), 51, 339–354.
- Schimmelfennig, Frank (2020), ‘Politicisation management in the European Union’, Journal of European Public Policy, 27:3, 342-361. [COMPULSORY READING]
- Young Alasdair R. (2017), ‘European trade policy in interesting times’, Journal of European Integration, 39:7, 909-923.
- Young Alasdair R. (2019), ‘Where’s the demand? Explaining the EU’s surprisingly constructive response to adverse WTO rulings’, Journal of European Integration, 41:1, 9-27.
Lectures 10-18 (lobbying e advocacy):
- Dür, A., Huber, R.A., Mateo, G. et al. Interest group preferences towards trade agreements: institutional design matters. Int Groups Adv 12, 48–72 (2023). [COMPULSORY READING]
- Kohler‐Koch, Beate & Friedrich, David A. (2019), ‘Business Interest in the EU: Integration without Supranationalism?’, in JCMS, 58:2, 455-471.
- Pakull, D., Marshall, D. & Bernhagen, P. Shop till you drop? Venue choices of business and non-business interests in the European Union. Int Groups Adv 9, 520–540 (2020).
- Pritoni, A., (2021), Politica e interessi. Il lobbying nelle democrazie contemporanee, Il Mulino, Bologna, capp. 1, 4, 6. [COMPULSORY READING]
Course Planning
Subjects | Text References | |
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1 | Introduction to the course: topics and teaching methodologies | Syllabus |
2 | EU as global trader | Damro, Meunier & Nicolaidis |
3 | WTO and multilateral negotiations: the current crisis of multilateralism | Young |
4 | Politicization of EU trade policy | Schimmelfennig, Young |
5 | Class presentations | To be selected |
6 | Class presentations | To be selected |
7 | Class presentations | To be selected |
8 | Class presentations | To be selected |
9 | EU trade agreements | Poletti & Sicurelli |
10 | Interest groups: definitions and concepts | Pritoni (chap. 1) |
11 | Interest groups: strategies and lobbying techniques (including advocacy) | Pritoni (chap. 4) |
12 | Interest groups: access to institutions (EU included) | Pritoni (chap. 6) |
13 | I gruppi d'interesse economici e il lobbying sulla Commissione europea | Kohler koch &Friedrich |
14 | Class presentations | To be selected |
15 | Class presentations | To be selected |
16 | Class presentations | To be selected |
17 | Class presentations | To be selected |
18 | Class presentations | To be selected |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
His/her knowledge is evaluated as follows: class debate (10%); presentations (25%), documents critical analysis (25%), written paper of roughly 2000 words (included references) on one of the topics addressed in class (40%).
Non-attending classes students will be orally examined on the compulsory readings.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
1. Explain the linkage between EU trade policy and European integration.
2.Analyze EU policy trade as an instrument of EU foreign policy.
3. The effects of crisis (e.g. euro-crisis, Brexit, COVID19) upon EU as a normative power.
4.Is trade (still) a 'neutral' topic in EU agenda?
5.Is the EU still engaged in multilateralism and trade liberalization?
6.Has the EU (still) a unique voice in global trade?