Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke University
Global Economic Governance and Trade
This course explores the functioning and future of the trading system in an era of globalization. It examines the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and related institutions, the status of the Doha Round of trade negotiations, issues arising from trade in goods and services, intellectual property and regional trading arrangements, as well as the occasionally contentious connections between trade and other fields of policy such as development, environment, health and human rights.
The course is scheduled to run from June 15-June 19, 2009. (Course dates for 2010 are yet to be determined)
Course-Only Option
For summer 2010, the program will offer students the option of directly enrolling in one or more of the intensive weeklong courses for academic credit (without the internship component of the program). For additional information, please click here.
Course Director Bios
This course will be co-taught by Dr. Frederick Mayer and by Vicente Paolo Yu. For information on Dr. Mayer please visit his website for his bio and cv: http://fds.duke.edu/db/Sanford/faculty/frederick.mayer
Vicente Paolo B. Yu III is currently the Programme Coordinator of the South Centre's Global Governance for Development Programme. His work includes overseeing the policy research and analysis and the provision of technical and legal advice by the South Centre through the Global Governance for Development Programme to developing country delegations on global political, economic, social and environmental issues, such as United Nations reform, Bretton Woods institutions governance, WTO institutional decision-making processes, the WTO dispute settlement mechanism, human rights, migration, and environment. He obtained his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of the Philippines, and his master of laws degree (specializing in international trade law and international environmental law) from Georgetown University where he was a Fulbright Scholar. Prior to joining the South Centre, he served as the WTO Program Officer, based in Geneva, for Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) and was also a Staff Attorney and head for Research and Policy Development of the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC) in the Philippines. He also taught at the University of the Philippines College of Law and the University of Tulsa College of Law. He has published papers and articles on issues relating to trade and environment, sustainable development, environmental policy, and indigenous peoples' rights.
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