Spring 2027

Trade, Competition, and Governance in a Global Economy

A policy-oriented course in international micro-economics and trade theory covering U.S. trade policy, the world trading system, and issues like regional trading, labor standards, and the environment.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Menzie Chinn3.0/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.44 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2020: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.72 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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PUB AFFR 818 and 880

PUBAFFR 856

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Professors

Spring 2027

Menzie Chinn

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Raw average: 2.64/5 from 36 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.44 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2020: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.72 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MENZIE CHINN is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.44 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2020: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.72 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

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Topics

  • International micro-economics and trade theory
  • U.S. trade policy and the world trading system
  • Regional trading, labor standards, income distribution, and the environment

Skills

  • Economic and institutional analysis of trade policy
  • Analysis of regional trading, labor standards, income distribution, and environmental issues

Grades

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PUBAFFR 856 · Spring 2027

Trade, Competition, and Governance in a Global Economy

Recorded 2026-10-14
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    "credits_min": 3,
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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