At the end of the semestre, the students are expected to:

- understand the dynamics of trade policy and policy-making process, including why particular policies are preferred and why specific policy instruments are chosen; the ways in which interest groups interact with policy-makers to shape policies;

- learn and assess the motives for trade protection and trade liberalization policies; 

- evaluate the impact of trade policy choices on domestic actors; 

- obtain a comprehensive overview of rules and regulations that govern international trade under regional and multilateral agreements;

- to be able to analyse the working mechanisms and the principles of the world trading system;

- to have developed their skills to assess the problems faced by the trading system and the WTO amidst global challenges as well as the needs for its reform;

- to have gained knowledge about Turkey's and the EU's trade policy strategies;

- to be able to evaluate trade policy developments and trade data.