This course is intended to provide detailed and thorough examinations of topics related to trade covered only briefly or not at all in ECO3300H and ECO3301H. The material will be updated to be state-of-the-art at the time they are taught. Potential topics include aspects of innovation linked to international trade, global value chains and economic development, import competition/export expansion and labour markets, multinationals, offshoring and labour, the pro- or counter-competitive effects of trade, production networks, and the role of trade in economic history.