LibGuides: AFRE 490: International Trade &amp; Sustainability: Readings and Resources

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International Business: Trade
A research guide to International Business including trade, background information, statistics, and more.

MODULE 0: The roadmap - connections between trade and sustainability

3.1 Week 1: How is Sustainability Related to Trade?

Climate Change Impacts on U.S. Crops by Elodie Blanc and John Reilly
Choices. 2nd Quarter 2015 • 30(2)
Video - Trade and the Environment at the WTO
Duration: 7:10
Academics discuss how trade and environmental policies can work hand in hand. These interviews were recorded at the sidelines of the event "20 years of building pathways to sustainable development", at the WTO, on 28 April 2015.

MODULE I: The drivers of trade

3.2 Week 2: Introduction to International Trade

Chapter 2: World Trade Overview
DIGITAL RESERVES - ACCESS ONLINE
International Trade: Theory and Policy (12th Edition) by Paul Krugman, Maurice
Obstfeld and Marc Melitz.
Video “Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade” by George Riley
Duration: 7:35 min
Explainer (with Graphics of PPF)

3.3 Week 3: Trade Principles - Advantage and Costs

Chapter 1: Trade in the Global Economy
Introduction to International Trade (Fifth Edition) by Robert C. Feenstra and Alan
M. Taylor.
Trade in Environmental Goods
by the World Bank Trade Post Blogs
"The WTO Environmental Goods Agreement: Why Even A Small Step Forward Is a Good Step" / Miles McKenna Jaime de Melo, Mariana Vijil
September 22, 2014
Chapter 9: Tariffs and quotas under imperfect competition
Introduction to International Trade (Fifth Edition) by Robert C. Feenstra and Alan
M. Taylor.
Video Explainer “Trade Protectionism - Ten Examples of Non-Tariff Barriers
Duration: 5:35
by George Riley

3.4 Week 4: Trade Policy, Trade Barriers and Trade Agreements

Free Trade Agreements Mean Export Growth for Some Countries, Reallocation of Trade for Others by Ethan Sabala
Amber Waves. February 16, 2023
Statistic: Trade Policy & World Trade Organization (WTO)
The Case for Free Trade / Jagdish Bhagwati
Scientific American, Vol. 269, No. 5 (Novenber 1993), pp. 42-49 (6 pages)
NAFTA and the USMCA: Weighing the Impacts on North American Trade
by Andrew Chatzky, James McBride, and Mohammed Aly Sergie / Council on Foreign Relations. Last updated July 1, 2020 8:00 am (EST)

3.5 Week 5: Agricultural Trade

U.S. Agricultural Trade at a Glance
Economic Research Service, USDA. Last updated: Monday, April 03, 2023
“The Evolution of Agricultural Trade Since 1995” pages 4-24Chapter 2
Download the full report to get to Chapter 2.
The Global Landscape of Agricultural Trade, 1995-2014. Jayson Beckman, John Dyck, and Kari E.R. Heerman

MODULE II: The challenge of sustainability

3.6 Week 6: Sustainability

Video: The Future Starts Now / Mogens Lykketoft
Duration: 4:22 min. 21 April 2016.

Chapter 1: Change the Goal : From GDP to the Doughnut. IN Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth
Call Number: HB75 .R38 2017 online
ISBN: 9781603587969
Publication Date: 2018-03-29
Book title: Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist

3.7 Week 7: International Trade and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The Sustainable Development Goals, The 17 Goals
United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Sustainable Development
Understanding Poverty - Topics: Trade / The World Bank
Trade and Climate Change / The World Bank
September 7, 2021

3.8 Week 8: Climate Change - Challenges

Chapter 3: How Climate Change Will Affect People Around The World
The Economics of Climate Change: Stern Review:. Part II: The Impacts of Climate Change on Growth and Development. Chapter 3. 30 October 2006.
Website for full report: https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/publication/the-economics-of-climate-change-the-stern-review/

Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food Supply / EPA
Last updated on September 8, 2023
“Opportunities and Challenges Associated with ‘Carbon Farming’” for U.S. Row-Crop Producers
N.M. Thompson, M.N. Hughes, E.K.M. Nuworsu, C.J. Reeling, S.D. Armstrong, J.R. Mintert, M.R. Langemeier, N.D. DeLay, and K.A. Foster
2022. Choices. Quarter 3.

MODULE III: The positives and negatives of trade for sustainability

3.9 Weeks 9: Case Studies in Trade and Sustainability Week I

TBD - HBR case study

3.10 Week 10: Trade and the Environment

Making trade work for the environment, prosperity and resilience (pdf link)
by United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
Read Chapter 2, Expanding the contribution of trade to global prosperity and a healthy environment.
Video: Trade and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Duration: 1:00:39
Jul 27, 2021
by the International Institute for Sustainable Development

3.11 Week 11: Emissions from International Transport

“International Shipping Report” by the International Energy Agency (IEA)
Correct page?
Climate change and flying: what share of global CO2 emissions come from aviation?
By: Hannah Ritchie
October 22, 2020
Trends in the Air-Freight Business: Up and Down
The Economist (Online), Apr 14, 2017.

3.12 Week 12: Fair Trade: Is it Just Coffee?

Do Food Labels Make a Difference?...Sometimes
by Elise Golan, Fred Kuchler, and Barry Krissoff
Amber Waves, November 01, 2007
“The Problem With Fair Trade Coffee” by Colleen Haight
Stanford Social Innovation Review. Summer 2011
Fair Trade: A Model for Sustainable Development
By Paul Rice Stanford Social Innovation Review
Jun. 23, 2011

3.13 Weeks 13-14: Case Studies in Trade and Sustainability Weeks II to III

TBD - HBR case study

3.14 Week 15: Conclusion and Future Directions

The Future of Global Trade
by German Institute of Development and Sustainability

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