MEC-007 International Trade and Finance

Topics Covered

Block-1 International Trade
Unit-1 Free Trade Theory
Unit-2 Alternative Explanations of Trade
Unit-3 Gains from Free Trade and Welfare

Block-2 Balance of Payments
Unit-4 Theories of Protectionism
Unit-5 Role of the WTO in Trade Policy
Unit-6 Multilateralism and Problems of Developing Countries
with WTO

Block-3 Globalisation, Trade and Developing Countries
Unit-7 Balance of Payments: Introduction
Unit-8 International Monetary System and Exchange
Unit-9 International Financial Institutions
Unit-10 International Debt and the Role of the Financial Institutions

Block-4 Trade Policies
Unit-11 Trade and Development
Unit-12 Trade in Primary Commodities: Issues
Unit-13 Issues on Trade in Services
Unit-14 Trade Negotiations Under WTO: A Historical View

Block-5 Theory of Regional Blocks
Unit-15 Regional Trading Blocs
Unit-16 International Capital Mobility and the Emerging
Monetary System

Block-6 Trade Policies in India
Unit-17 Indian Trade Policy: Historical Perspective and
Recent Developments
Unit-18 India's Balance of Payments
Unit-19 Trade and Development in India
Total Question Papers (Total-21, Solved-12, Unsolved-09)
(1) June (2011-2020)
(2) December (2010-2019)
(3) February (2021)