Agricultural Trade
This course is designed to understand the history, the current condition and the methods of agricultural trade. And also, some problems of agricultural trade will be explained. In all class of this course, some subjects of agricultural trade will be explained. The subjects, for example, are the theory and the history of agricultural trade, the world agricultural trade system, the relation between food production and agricultural trade and so on. Class willl be conducted primarily in English and have time for discussion. Students will be expected to attend all class, complete reading assignments at home and be prepared to discuss some issues.
| theme | contents | etc. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guidance and Introduction of This Class | Guidance and Introduction | T. Tateiwa, K. Ohwa, N. Kanada, N. Takayanagi |
| 2 | Theory of Trade | Comparative Advantage and Gains form Trade | Y. Masui, Read paper distributed |
| 3 | World Food System and AgriculturalTrade 2 | World Food System and Agricultural Trade | Y. Masui, Read paper distributed |
| 4 | Agricultural Trade and the World Economy in the 20th Century 1 | The Characteristics of Agricultutal Trade and its Relationship with International Economy in the Early 20th Century | T. Tateiwa, Read paper distributed |
| 5 | Agricultural Trade and the World Economy in the 20th Century 2 | The Characteristics of Agricultural Trade and its relationship with International Economy in 1970-1980 | T. Tateiwa, Read paper distributed |
| 6 | Agricultural Trade and World Economy in the 20th Century 3 | The Characteristics of Agricultural Trade and its Relationship with International Economy in 1990-2000 | T. Tateiwa, Read paper distributed |
| 7 | The Background of the WTO System: from GATT to WTO 1 | The Historical Background of GATT | K. Ohwa, Read paper distributed |
| 8 | The Background of the WTO Sysytem: from Gatt to WTO 2 | The Problem of GATT system after 1960s, and The Contents of the Uruguay Round | K. Ohwa, Read paper distributed |
| 9 | The WTOs Agreement on Agriculture and Food Issues in the Developing Countries | The Content of WTO Agreement for Agriculture and Food, and The Food Problem of Developing Countries | K. Ohwa, Read paper distributed |
| 10 | Agricultural Trade in Asia | The Current Condition of Asian Agricultural Trade | N. Takayanagi, Read paper distributed |
| 11 | Agricultural Trade in Japan | The Current Condition of Japanese Agricultural Trade | N. Takayanagi. Read paper distributed |
| 12 | Agricultural Trade and Industrial Location | Industrial Location System under the Global Economy | N. Takayanagi, Read paper distributed |
| 13 | Agricultural Trade in US | The Caracteristics of US Agricultural Trade and its Impacts | T. Tateiwa, Read paper distributed |
| 14 | Reserve | Reserve | |
| 15 | Reserve | Reserve |

